<p>Hello guys .. I am international student and i will be applying for stanford. I have pretty good grades and EC. however, I will also apply for financial aid . Now i know that stanford has a need-aware policy towards international students and that they will make sure every student gets his fair chance and yada-yada
My question : how hard is it gonna be ? Ever heard of an international student who got admitted with financial aid ? how can i make it work</p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>International students do get financial aid</p>
<p>I am from Bangladesh and for the last 3 years I have seen at least one Bangladeshi in Stanford with financial aid. This year the applicant who got selected got amazing fin aid and has to pay around 10K (he had an expected family contribution of 15K).</p>
<p>Its going to be tough. Here is what Stanford (or any other need aware schools) does. All international students wanting aid are grouped together in a single pool. After that how much you can pay doesn’t matter because if you get in Stanford will usually meet your full aid demand.</p>
<p>And oh yes its gonna be hard. Its Stanford after all.</p>
<p>Thanks so much</p>
<p>Mind telling me the stats of those who get financial aid ? Even a glimpse about how they rank against other US students ? Anything special about their application or academics or EC ?</p>
<p>I know one person and he is spectacular. I think he had medals at the international chemistry olympiad and infomatics olympiad.</p>
<p>Yes of course </p>
<p>The one in class of 2013 represented our country in World School Debating Championship and had a paper published in Political Science.</p>
<p>The one this year got honorable mention in International Math Olympiad and is part of an international collaboration that collects papers written by students on theoretical math.</p>
<p>And I assume both must have written an awesome “Why Stanford” essay</p>
<p>What are your SAT scores? Without knowing them, I am unable to chance you. Stanford is supporting 314 international undergraduates with $9,862,995.00.</p>
<p>@DarthSpawnus : Hey man . i was better off not knowing :S</p>
<p>@lk65ty5rt4 :SAT : 800 Maths
780 Writing
740 Critical Reading
-7 IGCSE subjects hemistry , Physics , First Language Arabic, English as a second language and ICT ) and scored A* across them all</p>
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<li>I have completed A-Levels Biology and Math and AS chemistry with grades A*AA</li>
<li>In my senior year, I will be taking an eighth IGCSE subject ( business ) and A2 chem</li>
<li>In a few weeks I will be taking the TOEFL exam</li>
</ul>
<p>How good ?</p>
<p>Based on your SAT I 800+740+780=2320, you have 35% chance to be accepted by Stanford.</p>
<p>[What</a> are my chances?](<a href=“http://www.satscores.us/MyChances/My_Chances.asp?MyChances_Profile_ID=127444&College_ID=243744]What”>http://www.satscores.us/MyChances/My_Chances.asp?MyChances_Profile_ID=127444&College_ID=243744)</p>
<p>You should apply to the following schools.
Harvard
Caltech
Yale
Stanford
Columbia
Dartmouth
Swarthmore
U Penn
Amherst
Williams
Duke
Chicago
Wellesley (if female)
Lehigh
Oberlin</p>
<p>Please dont listen to the above poster</p>
<p>Your SAT scores will never get you admitted to Stanford</p>
<p>If you are a patient stalker than check the Stanford Decision threads here in CC
Quite a few applicants got into Harvard Yale MIT etc but got rejected from Stanford. Because its Stanford at the end of the day.</p>
<p>BTW I personally know the student from Bangladesh who got into S this year and he had SAT scores of 1930 and 2100 (2 tries). 2 years ago someone got in with a 1970. </p>
<p>Your academics and SATs are solid
What are your ECs?</p>
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<p>That is true, but also misleading. For example, HYM all offer need-blind admissions for internationals, whereas Stanford only offers need-blind admissions for US students. Therefore many poor internationals will be accepted at HYM, but rejected at Stanford. That is not a sign of it being “Stanford at the end of the day,” but rather a difference in admissions policy.</p>
<p>A better measure would be to look at the cross-admit statistics, and you will see it cut both ways, more students reject Stanford for Harvard, than reject Harvard for Stanford, but there are plenty in both camps. The same holds true for MIT and Yale. Most years MIT wins more cross-admits from Stamford than it loses, but that comparison is usually very close and there are again plenty in both camps.</p>
<p>The goal is to find a school where you will be happy and prosper. Everything else is secondary. In particular, a school’s reputation is particularly unhelpful in working out where you will be happy.</p>
<p>True Mikalye but I wasn’t talking about internationals here. And I am not talking about the name brand here. I just meant what you said- Stanford is just different. </p>
<p>BTW this might be an exception but Stanford won all the cross admits from our country -most probably because most of students went to study science/math and Stanford is really good in them. Thanks for the illuminating part on cross admits. I guess same holds true for MIT vs Harvard right? </p>
<p>And yes I completely agree with the last part. People here often ignore the issue of match/fit.</p>
<p>Mikalye, where do you find cross-admit statistics?</p>
<p>Mikalye might be referring to this: [The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html]The”>The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices) but I’m not sure.</p>