<p>Anyone know any good scholarships/awards for international students studying in the US? I've been looking around, but the damn things seem hard to find...
Looking for scholarships in any amount, both school-specific and general; anything that can help me finance my studies.</p>
<p>I've applied to: Wharton, Cornell, UMich, NYU, Harvard, Yale, UVa, Northwestern, WUSTL, Duke</p>
<p>Wharton, Cornell, UMich, NYU, Harvard, Yale, UVa, Northwestern, WUSTL, Duke </p>
<p>Wharton, Cornell, Harvard, Yale do NOT offer merit scholarships AT ALL. They offer only need based aid…to anyone.</p>
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<p>The above is from the NYU website.</p>
<p>UVA, UMich, WUSTL, and Duke offer very limited scholarships to international students.</p>
<p>The bulk of financial aid from most of these schools comes in the form of need based aid. Scholarships based on academic merit are VERY limited (simply put…MOST applicants have the high GPA/SAT scores).</p>
<p>If you can’t afford the schools that you have listed, then you need a new list. </p>
<p>Some of those schools will give need based aid for int’ls that qualify, but some give no aid to int’l students.</p>
<p>*SAT 1: 2190 superscore (M800 W710 CR680), 2120 best sitting (M800 W710 CR610)
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<p>This is your second application year after being rejected by top schools last year. That should have convinced you to include some schools that would have given you large merit for your stats. </p>
<p>How much can your family contribute?</p>
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<p>This is confusing to me. The poster is looking for advice re: merit awards…not admissions. </p>
<p>This is an international student and there are NOT that many schools that give LARGE merit awards to international students.</p>
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<p>This is the second admissions cycle for this student. He claims to want scholarships for schools yet he’s applied to schools that are known for need-based aid, not merit aid.</p>
<p>And, his stats are not spectacular for these schools - especially while in the int’l pool of applicants (which may be why he was rejected from these schools last year).</p>
<p>It’s unknown whether he might qualify for need-based aid at these top schools. However, since he’s looking for merit aid, that suggests (to me) that his family income is too high for the aid that he needs. Hopefully he can clarify.</p>
<p>I was just commenting on the fact that if he wants/needs merit scholarships then he should have applied to the schools that give them. His stats are high enough to get admitted to schools that would have given him good sized merit scholarships.</p>
<p>It’s not a good idea to need merit scholarships, but then apply to schools that don’t give them.</p>
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<p>There are not that many colleges out there that give substantial merit aid to ANYONE let alone an international student. This student has good stats for acceptance to some good schools. BUT many of these school cost in excess of $50,000 a year. IF the school offers merit awards (IF) these would very seldom cover a significant portion of the cost of attending.</p>
<p>Here’s a link with some useful info for international students from Juniata college ( a good LAC in a small town in Pennsylvania). They offer grants to international students, but only up to 10K. </p>
<p>[Juniata</a> College - International - Students - Financial Aid and Scholarships](<a href=“http://www.juniata.edu/departments/international/students/financialaid.html]Juniata”>http://www.juniata.edu/departments/international/students/financialaid.html)</p>
<p>I think smaller, less well-known schools in smaller, more rural settings, may look to international students to provide some much needed diversity. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>*His stats are high enough to get admitted to schools that would have given him good sized merit scholarships. </p>
<p>There are not that many colleges out there that give substantial merit aid to ANYONE let alone an international student. *</p>
<p>I didn’t say that there were “many”…however, there are some schools that would have given this int’l student big merit if he had applied to them. There may still be some (if deadlines haven’t passed). It’s a shame that this student didn’t learn from his experience last year. </p>
<p>With a 1410 M+CR, he could have gotten some large merit scholarships (even as an int’l) at some schools. A question is…can his family pay for any of his education? If not, then that’s another issue because he would need “full aid” AND he’d have to qualify for “full aid” (which is another issue). If he needs full aid, but his family is expected by a school to contribute, then that’s another problem.</p>
<p>however, I think Swedish students are given some kind of allowance or something for their education to be used elsewhere (or maybe it’s loans???). Anyway…I think he may have some money available on his end. How much? I don’t know.</p>
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<p>Please list some of these options for international students. It is what the OP is looking for and could help others as well. BUT be sure to include the full cost of attendance too.</p>
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<p>Op did not apply last cycle. In fact he specifically states</p>
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<p>He spent the whole year studying and retaking his SATs and raising his scores, which was the reason that he did not apply senior year. So, no he was not previously rejected from US schools.</p>
<p>Look like I hava alot to clarify… :P</p>
<p>I applied last year with a 1990 SAT I and 640/610 MathI/II. Applying again with new essays, some new ecs, 2190 SAT I and 710/730 MathI/II.</p>
<p>Harvard/Yale have need-blind admission policies to intls, and NYU apparently don’t have anything at all. I am aware all the other schools offer limited need-based aid to intls, and have so called need-aware admission policies. Some have merit-based opportunities.</p>
<p>My family will not be paying anything: hard to explain, but that’s not how Sweden works. The government pays education here - the hook: only if you attend in Sweden. I only get a small grant (like $2500/year), but can get a loan of up to about $20-25k/year. That gives me about $22500/year, which is a bit less than half the entire cost.
I am hoping to get some need-based aid, and apply for outside scholarships/take loans on the rest. My family income is about $120,000/year which is about €55-60k after Swedish taxes) if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>A friend last year got into Harvard with a 2040 SAT1, with about 70 % need-based scholarship. He had to pay about 15k of the 50k.He got a scholarship in my town (easy to get) of $10k also. His family income is more than mine, probably $150,000.</p>
<p>I am not asking for criticism that I didn’t apply to “safety”-schools. I don’t want to attend a safety school. If I don’t get accepted with enough aid in the US, I will go to some uni in the UK. If it turns out I’ve wasted 2 yrs on applying to the US, then so be it. That is a risk I am willing to take: I want to study in the US and attend one of the world’s best schools.</p>
<p>All I’m asking is if anyone knows any merit-based scholarships, both inside and outside of the schools I am applying to, that are for intls.</p>
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<p>Well…mom2 says she knows of such schools. I’m hoping she posts because I can’t think of ANY that give significant merit aid to international students…at least not enough to make up the difference between their high costs and what your parents say they will pay.</p>
<p>Not talking about specific schools that have good merit-aid… talking about outside scholarships (like the Gates Millenium Scholarship you have for US students).
AND merit-scholarships there are at the schools I’m applying to. (I am aware that the Ivies don’t have merit…)</p>
<p>Read post #2…I think I addressed the scholarship situation at the schools you are already applying to.</p>
<p>You have applied to a group of schools with VERY limited merit scholarships and even more limited scholarships for international students. Best example is NYU…they give NO financial aid to international students. Not a penny.</p>
<p>Re: scholarships HERE in the U.S. for international students that are similar to the Gates Scholarship…there are NONE that I know of. Does your country have any scholarships that you can use for study in the United States?</p>
<p>Well, I know that all of them except NYU have need-aware and give need-based aid to a few intls every year. And som of them I checked (Duke, Wustl) have merit-based aswell.</p>
<p>Once again - all I’m asking for is if anyone knows any merit-based or outside-school scholarships that intls can apply to?</p>
<p>Sybbie quote: " Op did not apply last cycle. In fact he specifically states…He spent the whole year studying and retaking his SATs and raising his scores, which was the reason that he did not apply senior year. So, no he was not previously rejected from US schools. "</p>
<p>Sybbie…What does this earlier post from the OP mean to you???</p>
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<p>Thumper…yes, there are schools that give big merit to int’l students with 1400 M+CR SATs. However, some schools’ deadlines have past. Bama is one. He’d have gotten free tuition from Bama. COA is about $30k-35k (depending on housing/meal plan choice) and the scholarship is for about $20,500. And, you’d get even more money if you major in Eng’g or Comp Sci.</p>
<p>There are other southern schools as well. </p>
<p>So, with his loan and gov’t contribution, he could have gotten enough money to go to school here if he had applied earlier.</p>
<p>But…now that the OP has said that he’s looking for private scholarships to pay, I don’t think he’ll find any.</p>