<p>i’ve always dreamt about going to Brown, ever since i was i little girl. but when the time to start planing my educational future has come, i’m afraid this dream will never come true…
i don’t live in the US, and all the information i could find on the net told me that international undergraduate students usually don’t get a scholarship…</p>
<p>does anyone here has any advice for me? what should i do?
i know i’m good enough to get accepted to brown, i just don’t have that much money…
thanks!
jen</p>
<p>You should apply to schools that are need-blind and full-need for internationals. Brown is not one of them.</p>
<p>The only eight schools in the U.S. that are need-blind and full-need are Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Williams, Middlebury, and Amherst. </p>
<p>None of the Ivy League schools offer merit-based scholarships; all aid is need-based.</p>
<p>Brown certainly IS full need even to internationals. IF you’re accepted, you are in the same pool with domestic students. Meaning that if you get in, you will very likely receive the full aid you need (unless your family has some very special circumstances -like really big ass properties, stocks, self employment etc).</p>
<p>And while schools like Harvard, Princeton, Yale and MIT are indeed need-blind, they are also arguably harder to get into in the first place, so there is hardly any advantage for an international to apply there.</p>
<p>If you have what it takes to get in one of HYPM, you are very likely to be desired by Brown and other non-need-blind schools. Those schools need their own intl students anyway. Might as well get the good ones, right? </p>
<p>Just for anecdotal evidence, the huge majority of people from my country are attending non-need-blind schools in the US, ALL of them getting full aid + extra (schools like brown, northwestern, columbia etc). </p>
<p>In fact, it is common knowledge here that unless you’re an excellent applicant (ie SAT > 2300, international contests, or national at the very least, important leadership positions, etc) you will have much greater chances of getting into a random non-need-blind school and getting full aid than one of hypm.</p>
<p>If Brown accepts an international student, that student’s financial need will be met (and that’s Brown definition of your need, so make sure to run financial aid calculators). But Brown is not need blind for international students, so there may be international applicants who don’t get in because their need was too large.</p>
<p>That said, if you like Brown, go ahead and apply. But know that your chance of getting in might be lower than average. And make sure to apply to need blind schools for internationals, and to schools likely to give merit awards to internationals.</p>
<p>Brown’s financial aid package will include grants (which some may call scholarships), work-study, and probably loans.</p>
<p>That’s true, but also take into account that a lot more internationals will be applying to the need-blind schools. And considering that most international students apply to only HYPM, because those are the only ones they know, I think it’s safe to say that acceptance rates at HYPM are several times lower than the need-aware schools.</p>
<p>If money is your only concern, I think you can safely apply to brown.</p>
<p>It isn’t smart to pin you hopes on one college. It especially isn’t smart not to research aid at US colleges to overseas students. </p>
<p>All you can do is apply. Then you have to await the financial aid package. It is often difficult for Brown to know what your skills are, as overseas student.</p>
<p>Edited to say…</p>
<p>I should have added, that our California friends were completely confused as to why dd was going to a school they had never heard of, Brown, instead of Stanford, for instance.</p>
<p>second, her boyfriend is from an eastern european country and got into Brown with scholarship. but only after 1st or 2nd year at his country best U. tough, very tough.</p>