<p>Are there any at all???</p>
<p>I'm aiming for Stanford and would come over if I got in there.</p>
<p>If I didn't get into Stanford but did get into MIT, CalTech, UC Berkeley or something like that it will be a tough call...</p>
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<p>MIT offers need based aid only but it looks like they do offer it to international students.</p>
<p>Cal Tech Website was not clear.</p>
<p>All I did was do a google search…name of college financial aid international student
(e.g. Stanford University financial aid international student).</p>
<p>There’s a difference between scholarships and financial aid.</p>
<p>Scholarships are based on stats, while FA is based on demonstrated need (after looking at parents’ income/assets)</p>
<p>State schools like Berkeley don’t give financial aid or scholarships to int’l students. </p>
<p>Some privates do give financial aid to int’l students. Some only give partial aid. </p>
<p>Some publics and privates give merit scholarships to int’l students, but usually not full rides. So, your family would still have to pay a good bit.</p>
<p>Many schools don’t give aid to int’ls and some of those that do only give small amounts.</p>
<p>what is your situation? how much will your family pay?</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>If you need aid/scholarships to go to school here, don’t waste your time applying to schools that don’t give such aid or only give small amounts.</p>
<p>I feel like you’re looking for outside scholarships. As an international student, that’s how I thought it worked at first, too. However, I’ve figured out that the best way to get financial aid is to go through the school you’re applying to. Most outside scholarships will only reduce the amount of money your school is giving you in aid, which is kinda…pointless for an international. For US citizens it makes sense because it reduces their loans (which accumulate interest so you want to get rid of them right away) but for us it does a whole lot of nothing in some cases.</p>
<p>Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Princeton and Yale are need blind, full need universities for internationals. That means, they’ll give you Financial Aid regardless of US citizenship. However, they only give out money in response to your family’s financial need. Sometimes, they’ll say you don’t have financial need even though you kinda do, because they have some pretty strange formulas for calculating how much money you need to attend their university. Also, they’re pretty darn hard to get into.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley will give you no scholarships or aid. The only UC that offers aid for internationals is UCDavis, and even then you’re not likely to get more than a $4,000 scholarship (out of a $44,000 cost of attendance for an international student).</p>
<p>CalTech MIGHT give you financial aid, but they are not need blind. This means that they might reject you if you can’t pay and they don’t want you bad enough to spend money on you.</p>
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<p>Caltech is need aware for admissions for international students meaning they will consider your financial need when considering your application for admission. They are very clear that admission for international students seeking financial aid is VERY competitive. Just an FYI.</p>
<p>After reading many posts this app season from Int’l students who’ve been disappointed with their aid packages from schools that “meet need”, it makes me think that these schools aren’t really believing that these int’l families are as low-income as they are claiming…either because of the high schools they attend, the neighborhoods they live, or that the region is known to have a strong black market where much income is derived.</p>
<p>Basically, I can’t get financial aid (ineligible).</p>
<p>So I am just talking about scholarships or non-need stuff. Is there any of this?</p>
<p>Some colleges/universities do offer merit-based scholarships for international students. You need to make a list of places that you are interested in, and check their websites. b@rium who is one of the resident experts in the International Student Forum [International</a> Students - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/]International”>International Students - College Confidential Forums) has written about researching several hundred colleges/universities in order to find the ones that offered the kind of aid she needed. You should spend some time in that forum reading up on this issue. There even is one long thread for Australians that may have especially useful information for you.</p>
<p>If you haven’t already done so, read through the information at [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/) and then make an appointment with the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live. There are several in Australia [EducationUSA</a> - Find an Advising Center](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/Australia]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/Australia) These counselors are expert at helping students like you find good places to study in the US. They can tell you which colleges/universities have admitted students like you in recent years and whether or not those students received any scholarships.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>*Basically, I can’t get financial aid (ineligible).</p>
<p>So I am just talking about scholarships or non-need stuff. Is there any of this? *</p>
<p>Not for the schools in your first post.</p>
<p>If you want to get merit-based scholarships, then you need to be more reasonable in your choice of schools. </p>
<p>Typically, mid-tier or lower-tier are the one that might offer merit scholarships to int’l students (note the word “might”…because many won’t).</p>
<p>However, there are some that want more high stats students so they will give merit scholarships to int’ls.</p>
<p>How much will your family pay since it’s unlikely you would get a “full ride”…at most you might get is a “full tuition” scholarship, but you’ll have to pay for room, board, books, fees, and personal expenses/travel…which can easily be $15k or more per year.</p>
<p>So, how much will your family pay?</p>
<p>Yeah, if you know how much your family can pay we can work with that much more easily. I know if you’re good enough at your SATs (1500/1600 on the Math and Critical Reading) you can get invited to the Honors College at Michigan State University, which reduces your tuition to that of an in-state student. Plus, with those grades you’ll get some merit aid from them, bringing your COA down from like $40 thousand a year, to about $20 thousand a year.</p>