<p>You're an international looking for financial aid, though, so I think that you might not end up with FA packages you're satisfied with considering you would not be an outstanding applicant relative to the applicant pool at any of the schools you are considering right now.</p>
<p>You might want to look into schools like Boston U, Tufts (big on internationals, I hear), George Washington, and URochester, as well as maybe a private in-state alternative to OSU, like Denison, as a safety.</p>