<p>Hello everyone,
My name is mohammad, a student from Afghanistan and nice to be here.
The reasons i have joint this forum is that i wanted to meet new people and i needed information and experiences on US colleges, addmissions and financial aid they offer.</p>
<p>I would be thankful if someone could help me with information about colleges that offer international students a full financial support,</p>
<p>thanks,
mohammad</p>
<p>There are only 8 colleges that do offer full financial support, but they are among the best. Look around if you can find the list... but if you want to study in the US you're gonna have to open your wallet (plan on even giving it away...).
Good luck.</p>
<p>Sorry for sounding offensive Zules, but please refrain from giving such erroneous information unless you're sure of what you're talking about. For the sake of new applicants who might just give up their hopes of going US just based on one ill-informed advice. There are way, way, way more than 8 colleges that offer full financial support to internationals (more like 80 than 8). You probably confused need-blind with meeting full-aid. But yes there are around 6-8 need-blind colleges currently, with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Williams and Middlebury being the undisputed ones. </p>
<p>Needblind DOES NOT equate meeting full aid (though most of the time needblind unis do plan to meet full demonstrated aid, with the infamous exception of Cornell which is notorious for accepting poor internationals but refusing them aid - but i believe once they offer you aid, they offer full aid.); and neither does meeting full-demonstrated aid means they are need-blind. In fact, most top colleges offer full aid to internationals - if you can get them. Yes, admissions is way tougher if you applied for aid (especially if you are requesting a full ride), but the opportunities ARE out there. You just have to search. At least 1/2 of the USNEWs Top 50 Doctoral Unis and Top 50 LACs offer up to FULL (need-based) financial aid to internationals, with the rest offering at least SOME need-based aid and others offering merit-based aid up to full-tuition. You just have to do your research. There's a wealth of information (sometimes erroneous though) in this forum, just go search for 'international financial aid' or something along that line in previous threads and you should find something.</p>
<p>I meant need-blind. Sorry. What's the difference between need-blind and need-based then? I don't understand how the need-blind system works.</p>
<p>need blind means that the college does not consider whether or not you can pay when deciding whether to accept you. many colleges will deny admission to applicants who need significant financial aid (esp. international students).</p>
<p>Mohammad, great to have you! I would suggest that you start putting together a list of schools that offer your intended field(s) of study and then apply to the most matching schools that have the best financial aid policy. There are plenty of college search tools available, e.g. <a href="http://www.petersons.com%5B/url%5D">www.petersons.com</a>. Good luck!</p>