<p>Hi , I have two questions.
Is it really really hard to go to Stanford as an international student who needs financial aid?
What outstanding we have to do in high school?</p>
<p>Stanford is HIGHLY competitive for admissions…even more highly competitive for international students. You will need to be a tippy top applicant to be competitive for admissions. Even if you are, the school accepts about 10% of applicants, and in the 90% of those rejected, most have excellent admissions packages. In other words, this school isn’t a sure thing for anyone!</p>
<p>Are you inquiring about need based financial aid?</p>
<p>For international students, Stanford’s admission rate will be even lower.</p>
<p>Will indicating in commonapp that I need financial aid as an international hurt my chances drastically?</p>
<p>Stanford states the following</p>
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<p>While needing a lot of aid may hurt your chances because Stanford is not need blind to international students, if do not apply for it at the beginning of the admissions process, you cannot get it later. If you don’t apply for aid, and are admitted, you will have to demonstrate that you have the funds to cover the cost for all 4 years at Stanford or you will not get a visa. If you need aid, apply for aid and let the chips fall where they may.</p>
<p>My father only earns $12,000 and we can’t afford the costs of stanford. But stanford is my dream school as it is in Silicon Valley , California and I love that place. Now what should I do? Should I apply for aid?</p>
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<p>This means that you should apply for aid, because you will need aid in order to attend Stanford. If you don’t apply for aid, how will you get the $$. You can’t worry about whether or not they are going to accept you based on your needing money. What would be the point of being admitted if you don’t have the $$ to attend?</p>
<p>Yes bro , you are absolutely right , How can I attend stanford if I don’t have the money. So now , I am applying for financial aid. And one more question brother ,
Can UC Berkeley give me a full ride if I get Chancellor’s and Regent’s scholarship?</p>
<p>According to Cal’s website, if an int’l gets those awards, and has need, need is met.</p>
<p>However, I wonder how many int’ls actually get that award? And, I wonder if “need” is considered when determining which int’ls get the award. Awarding $200k+ to an int’l from a public u seems a bit nutty to me when there are so many instate students that need aid.</p>
<p>I guess that int’l would have to be pretty spectacular to get selected to justify a public giving that kind of money.</p>
<p>I also think so!</p>
<p>There are about half a dozen schools who are need blind and also meet full need if they admit an international.</p>
<p>Harvard
Princeton
MIT
Dartmouth
Amherst</p>
<p>I may be missing one or two. Some will admit you need blind but will not provide you money.</p>
<p>The schools you are discussing are not part of them. Stanford provides money to some internationals but they are not need blind if you are not in Mexico or Canada. They will admit until they run out of money and reject the rest who can’t support themselves.</p>
<p>I doubt UCB has any money for International undergrads.</p>
<p>Where will EA help more in getting aid , Harvard or Stanford?</p>
<p>I think you are missing the point. Stanford will give aid to some and reject the rest if they need money.</p>
<p>Means that EA is more helpful at stanford , because Stanford will have more money before!</p>
<p>No. I don’t think Stanford admits many with a need during EA.</p>
<p>It means that a need-blind school would be a great choice. Thanks texaspg</p>
<p>If you cannot attend a college without financial aid, then you really NEED TO apply for financial aid. What good will an acceptance be if you do not have the aid to attend? </p>
<p>Your need based aid won’t be affected by an EA application. These schools will meet your need as they calculate it to be…IF you get accepted…whether EA, ED, or RD.</p>
<p>Falling in love with ONE college with an acceptance rate in the single digits is less than wise. Your chances of being accepted are small, but so are the chances for all applicants. </p>
<p>What ARE your stats? SAT or ACT, and GPA. You don’t have to tell us, but you really have to look at those and be honest with yourself. Are they in the upper range for accepted students? Are you likely to be one of the 5% or so of international students accepted?</p>
<p>Yes…apply to Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. BUT also have some other less selective schools in the mix. And also look at colleges in your country which might be mor affordable.</p>
<p>Overall acceptance rate at Stanford was 5.7% last year, so the acceptance rate for international students, especially those with need, will be considerably lower than that.</p>
<p>When you put together your list for colleges, make sure that you include a number of them where you will truly stand out stats wise. That will increase your chances that you get merit or financial aid. Make sure international students are eligible for money. Some schools give NO money to international students.</p>
<p>Then once you have a core group of schools where you have fighting chance, including some schools on our list here of guranteed awards, then pick your lottery ticket schools and see how it goes. That Stanford and Harvard and other such schools have such low acceptane rates, can make it rather a moot point whether they are need blind for admissions or not for you. There are a number of schools that are need blind for admissions for internationals but for those they accept, the aid is good. Just understand that it’s not easy to gain admissions to the schools that meet full need for everyone; even for US students and it’s more difficult for you depending on the number of internationals applying that year.</p>
<p>Now I understand… Thanks @thumper1 @cptofthehouse and Bob Wallace.</p>