<p>does this increase chance of acceptance for an international student? does not applying for financial aid give you a chance for higher acceptance than say a typical US student?</p>
<p>six colleges are need-blind i.e. asking for aid will not affect ur chances. HYPM Williams Middlebury.</p>
<p>for the rest of the colleges, the amount of aid will ask for will affect your chances. the more you ask, the lower your chances. some schools are more generous than others towards internationals, but you'll have to do your own research.</p>
<p>Not applying for aid as an international will "increase" your chances in comparison to other internationals who are asking for aid, as the amount of money universities have available is limited. At some schools, asking for aid can severely decrease chances of admission.</p>
<p>It is still more difficult to be admitted as an international than as an US student though.</p>
<p>CDN_dancer: "Not applying for aid as an international will "increase" your chances in comparison to other internationals who are asking for aid" </p>
<p>does that apply to then eed-blind colleges as well?</p>
<p>No, only for need-aware colleges.</p>
<p>i know a ton of international applicants to U Penn who got admitted, ALL of them paid the full price...and i know kid with better stats who asked for aid but didnt get in....i have one piece of advice to applicants who need aid, apply to NYU...NYU offers loans to internationals that covers the entire cost of the education and u DO NOT need a cosigner...so if ur gonna major in business or something and gonna get a decent paying job, u can pay back ur loans</p>
<p>Big loans are extremely unattractive.
Go for LAC's.</p>
<p>That's because the rich guys are usually the ones with a good education and obviously more money. But as you accurately said, this tendency is changing, and many of us are proof of that.</p>