<p>the admission doesnt even give any chance to intls with parents income lower than $32k
so all intls they want are just rich ppl?
my parents dont make that much money but we could still afford it (savings)
it is not right</p>
<p>Not fair? Lol. Education is a privilege, not a right.</p>
<p>may not be enough $ to go around. U.S. citizens and perm residents get priority in money terms. idk how many public universities give $ aid to intls.</p>
<p>im also intl btw. idk about admissions coz im instate tho</p>
<p>"Education is a privilege, not a right."</p>
<p>ditto</p>
<p>while education is certainly a privilege, it should be afforded as a right to every citizen. No one should be left behind just because they're poor.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, even well-endowed schools like UVa have limited funds for financial aid. They have to draw a line <em>somewhere</em> when doling out money to incoming students. In this case, it's to internationals, many (most?) of whom come from countries with substantially lower per capita GDPs than the US.</p>
<p>Education can be affordable for almost all...just not at every single university.</p>
<p>Why should UVA give you financial aid when you haven't paid any U.S. taxes to help subsidize the institution? I completely understand public institutions making internationals pay in full. You could always go to an institution in your own country, or try a private school, they are more likely to help you with financial aid because they aren't reliant on state funding.</p>
<p>Um... they have a loan cap too.</p>
<p>well im not saying that it is not right to not have fin aid for intls
i said it is not right if they dont accept students because their parents dont make enough money</p>
<p>Where on the application does it even ask for income? Unless the international application is entirely different from the in state or even out of state application then the admissions office has no idea how much income anyone has.</p>
<p>What a dead-end argument. Welcome to reality.</p>
<p>I agree the school has no legal obligation to give money but I think UVA should at least spend part of its money giving merit based scholarships to all students. I mean all I hear in their news is all this money they are receiving and I can't see why they just can't put a little bit of it toward merit-based scholarships.</p>
<p>I agree. Currently, the University gives <em>no</em> merit scholarships. The only other schools in the US News top 25 that do not give merit scholarships are the Ivies, Stanford and MIT. Ridiculous!</p>
<p>Actually, many more schools do not give merit scholarships: Amherst, Williams, Vassar, Wesleyan to name a few.</p>
<p>That's true, but by top 25 I meant top 25 research universities. I should have clarified.</p>
<p>it does ask income of parents for intls</p>