<p>*College Name- State - Enrolled -Cost to Attend- # Aided -Avg.Award- Total Awarded
F & M College PA 159 $50,100 139 $33,028 $4,590,892 </p>
<p>And total undergraduates students: 2137
total internatioanls: 10% * 2137 = 214 students</p>
<p>So I guess … 139/214 = 65% of students receive some form of FA ( and pretty generous… see Avg. Award…)</p>
<p>Is there anything wrong? Did I make a mistake? *</p>
<p>I don’t think the stats work equally with int’l students because int’l students can’t get any fed aid which schools include with domestic students packages. Domestic students can be getting $7k-15k in federal aid alone (Pell, w-s, Direct loans, etc).</p>
<p>And, again…just because many/most kids get aid, does not mean that any particular student will get aid. Your family sounds rather affluent, so a school could say that you have no need - even if it gives aid to every other student.</p>
<p>Those stats are specifically for internationals…
(however I am not sure about the avg. aid package)
Anyway, in my case a 20k aid will be enough.</p>
<p>*DONT forget I am an internatioanl student…
I think that getting in a state university is quiet hard.
For instance, UW Madison admission rate is about 58% which is high
*</p>
<p>Getting into “some” publics could be hard (UVA, UNC-CH, Berkeley, UCLA, etc), but generally, no, it would not be hard for YOU to get into a public school. Publics love int’l students because they’re full pay.</p>
<p>*Anyway, in my case a 20k aid will be enough. *</p>
<p>But, you have no idea if a school would say that you have $20k in need and would 100% meet that need. Again, if a school looks at your family’s financial situation (assets and income), the school may say that you have NO need.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what those numbers are that you have. </p>
<p>Here’s the numbers from Collegeboard</p>
<p>Financial Aid Statistics
Full-time freshman enrollment: 633
Number who applied for need-based aid: 407
Number who were judged to have need: 291
Number who were offered aid: 291
Number who had full need met: 291
Average percent of need met: 100%
Average financial aid package: $32,885
Average need-based loan: $3,554
Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $28,914
Average non-need based aid: $11,437
Average indebtedness at graduation: $27,162</p>
<p>I don’t know what % of int’ls applied for aid, were judged to have need, and what aid they got.</p>
<p>*total family annual income=15.000Euros=21,400$
*</p>
<p>OK…I did miss this.</p>
<p>What the heck? Are you saying that your parents are VERY low income (income about $22k per year) but they’ll spend $35k per year on your college costs? Do they have mega savings? If not, where will the money come from?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the Common Data Set does not break out aid to internationals in full detail. Important missing information includes the number of international applicants and the amount of need they bring to the table.</p>
<p>However, based on the large average size of the aid packages, and the high percentages of enrolled internationals who seem to be getting aid, it does appear to me that some selective LACs are applying a different standard to international students than they apply to domestic students. These schools apparently want the diversity that international students bring. </p>
<p>It sounds like GreekStudent has covered his bases with colleges in his own country. So he can afford to take a little risk in applying to US colleges, in my opinion. Although … if his family really can cover $35K/year, it might be prudent to include a school or two that costs less than that, even without aid.</p>
<p>“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
Benjamin Franklin </p>
<p>Well, things in Greece(before financial crisis) used to be great… —> huge income!!!
But now things getting more and more difficult, especially for those without savings and “stable” jobs.</p>
<p>So I think the mystery solved. Savings, savings and again…savings</p>