<p>1) They say "Hey, you are accepted to Cornell."
2) They send an e-mail the next day "Sorry we cannot give you any financial aid.</p>
<p>So you let me get excited for 12 hours before crushing me? Why do they do this? I need almost full financial aid, so obviously if you cannot give it to me, do not accept me, or at least tell me immediately.</p>
<p>what college within cornell did you apply to?</p>
<p>the aid policy for intl students is completely transparent, they dont claim to have enough money for intl students, so they only offer about 20/year aid. You should be more angry at your lack of research into the aid matter than at cornell’s policy.</p>
<p>thats 20 people/year</p>
<p>in either case if you can’t afford it, i wouldn’t go.</p>
<p>I agree that it isn’t nice but I’ll probably still be attending because even if I had gotten aid it wouldn’t have been high anyway.</p>
<p>i am in the exact same position in you. why wouldnt they send the notice of the aid along with the decision? i especially expected that being a canadian, i would still receive some aid, but i guess not. guess i cant go!</p>
<p>I know Tboone, and am not annoyed at their policy, it is completely reasonable, rather that - unlike Duke - who waitlisted me because they couldn’t give me the aid, accepted me giving me false hope. And @ others above, it was arts and sciences and no will not be attending.</p>
<p>This sucks …</p>
<p>they do that because many people in their home countries are given scholarships once proof of their acceptance to a top school is provided.</p>
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Lol what? I have never heard of anything like this.</p>
<p>Neither have I. Would’ve been nice though.</p>
<p>AFAIK, a bunch of countries in south east asia have government sponsored scholarships that are provided to students upon proof of acceptance to a good US school. A kid in my dorm is being paid by the some government in India (I dont know if its national or some subnational govt) to study natural resources here and then work back in India after he graduates.</p>
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<p>The difference is that Cornell is need blind for internationals. Duke is not. So Duke realized that you wouldn’t be able to pay, and put you on the waitlist just in case. Cornell had no idea if you could pay, but figured it would be worth giving you a chance.</p>
<p>It doesn’t exactly paint Duke in a more favorable light.</p>
<p>^^ no we’re mad at cornell for getting our hopes up and then crashing them down with the no FA. cornell might as well be need aware for internationals, at least that way it doesnt sugarcoat the truth.</p>
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<p>It was you who got your hopes up. Not Cornell.</p>
<p>What pakalypse said.</p>
<p>Leave OP alone. I have a few friends who are turning down their dream school because of financial aid and it sucks a lot to have to do something like that, especially with a school like Cornell where the students are working extremely hard to get admission only to be shot down because of something they have ZERO control over. I can understand a bit of resentment on OP’s part, even if Cornell isn’t really at fault for anything.</p>
<p>Cornell is a private university and also has need blind policy. The admission didn’t know if you had enough financial aid or not. Even American people especially who are poor know that they have to wait for the financial aid award letter first before they make their deposit. I really don’t know why international students didn’t expect that.</p>
<p>I had to turn down where I wanted to go because of financial aid, and it sucked. </p>
<p>That being said, I’m very happy where I am right now, and I believe much happier than I would have been at the other school, so everything happens for a reason. </p>
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<p>I know at least 10 people at Cornell who are under this policy personally, and I know there are many, many more. It’s not uncommon at all.</p>