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But I don’t want the financial aid to act as a hurdle.
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slow down. It is a hurdle…a high hurdle. Taking education loans to cover a large amount of unfunded costs is extremely risky. Will your parents have to cosign? How much will these banks or whatever lend you by yourself?
How much will your country or its banks let you borrow? Will your parents have to cosign?
If you’re looking for higher rated schools that give need based aid, not only are those harder to get into as an Int’l (particularly from India), but the aid will be based on your parents income/assets…not based on what they’ll pay.
It’s very dangerous to borrow a lot as an undergrad, particularly as an int’l engineer. There are far fewer companies here that will hire int’ls…mostly because of security concerns and proprietary information concerns.
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SAT Score- 2090(CR-750, Writing-670, Maths-680)
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Your M+CR is a 1430. You need to retest for a couple reasons…your Math should be a 700+ to improve your acceptance chances into the higher ranked en’g programs.