Texas A&M financial aid - international student

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<p>hi everyone, my name is alejandro, i'm form venezuela and as many of you, i'm looking for financial aid. I really like Texas A&M, they have a very strong business program and that's why i chose then as my first choice. I'm wondeing how much financial aid can i get? i can only pay around $15.000 per year because my country has very strict currency exchange laws, that allows me to exchange a maximun of $1300 per month. Im looking from anything from full tuition scholarship to a full ride.</p>

<p>My Stats are:</p>

<p>Top 10% 10/142
GPA: 17.04/20 it's about 3.8-4.0, A or excellent
ACT: 33
Toefl: 580 PBT</p>

<p>Coursework:</p>

<p>5 years of math (including calculus) (A,A,B,A,B)
5 years of english (A,A,A,A,A)
5 years of spanish (A,A,B,A,A)
4 years of biology (A,A,A,A,A)
4 years of history (A,A,A,A,A)
3 years of physic (A,A,A)
3 years of chemistry (A,A,A)
2 years of computer science (A,A)
2 years of Technical drawing, also known as drafting (B,A)
1 year of philosophy (A)
Other bunch of electives classes.</p>

<p>Awards and prizes:</p>

<p>1st place: micro business challenge (school)
1st place: science fair, i designed a low cost moisture sensitive irrigation system activated by a NAND Platform. (school)
1st place: Eureka prize for the design of a low cost moisture sensitive irrigation system activated by a NAND Platform. (national)
1st place: science fair, Biodiesel as an alternative to oil (2005)
1st place: science fair, Develpment of a Hydroghen Fuel cell (2006)
2nd place: ASOVAC Prize, Biodiesel as an alternative to oil (Regional)
2nd place: Eureka Prize, biodiesel as an alternative to oil (National)
2nd place: The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Regional competition.
3rd place: The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), National competition, after this i had to retire from the competition.</p>

<p>Sports and other activities.</p>

<p>4 years of soccer.
4 years in the band
Worked for several years for a pro-Human rights association.
Member of rotaract (rotary)
I work as an english translator for non-profit groups.
I have spent more than 100 hours teaching kids</p>

<p>I also spent a year studying as a foreign exchange student at a high school in nebraska.</p>

<p>1 year of chemistry 105/100
1 year of american history 94/100
1 year english 90/100
i had mores classes but they were just easy ones.
Sports and other activities.</p>

<p>1 year of football
1 year of basketball
1 year of track and field
member of the rotary club for the year.
i started with a friend, one of the first kids soccer team in the town.</p>

<p>Do i have a chance to get good financial aid? what other colleges do you think will offer me good financial aid?</p>

<p>Thanks for you help guys</p>

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<p>Would your family show financial need for schools offering need based aid?</p>

<p>State run schools are usually difficult to get aid from for kids not from the state. Don’t know about A & M though. But you would be a good candidate at schools known to be generous with need based aid to internationals if your family has need because you come from a country that doesn’t send a lot of students to the US and would be viewed as a minority.</p>

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<p>My family can only pay about $15.000 a year, can you tell me more about schools known to be generous with need based aid to internationals? im looking to get out of my country because the political situation its getting worse everyday. thanks</p>