My gpa is 3.9 and my act score is 35
I have a couple questions.
- Some colleges offer full ride scholarships if you have good grades and test scores. Can international students get these merit scholarships, or are only Americans eligible?
- I am not completely sure that this is correct, but from what I know, this is what I think is the case. Tell me if I am right or wrong: In order for an international student to not pay the full expensive cost of college, they need to go to a top college that has need-blind aid or something so that the college meets like 100 percent of need. A college like that allows an international student to pay the same price for college as an American student.
- What is the average efc of a college student? Just asking.
Please give me all the information you can. I need it.
International students are eligible for merit aid (scholarships) but how much you get and whether you get any depends on the school you’re applying to. Your second statement is mostly correct- a lot of US colleges are need blind for domestic students (sometimes including Canadian/Mexicans) but far fewer are need blind for internationals. It just happens that the schools that are need blind for internationals tend to be the top private schools like the Ivies (Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst etc. are need blind for internationals). So unless you’re looking for a full ride merit scholarship from a lesser school (financial aid isn’t offered based on merit at the Ivies and top Liberal Arts Colleges) then to pay for college, you would have to get into one of the forefront mentioned prestigious schools. Many other schools offer to meet complete need of international students (Stanford, Penn, UChicago) but are need aware (means that you’re chances of getting in just got halved and halved and halved…). Conclusion: you better be a prodigy that has won awards at a national level or international level (think IMO, IPhO etc.) or have an extremely compelling profile to get money off a US college.Don’t think an average efc of college student would help you in this case.
If a college is need-aware, how much does the fact that you apply for aid affect your chances of admission?
the extent depends on the school, but as I said: halved, halved and halved… basically you’re chances are greatly diminished. Some schools like NYU (notoriously stingy with financial aid) would not accept you simply because you asked for aid.
http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/ncm-who-should-apply
Are you an international student who will graduate from a U.S. high school and who is from a low income family? If so, consider the Questbridge program.
How much information can I deduce from the number of international students that are receiving aid in a college? In some colleges, hundreds of intl students receive aid. In others, for example John’s Hopkins, only 15 International students are receiving aid. What does that tell me about my chances of getting in to a college as an international student requesting aid?
Plenty of us already told you(including in your other thread) that your chances are low
So basically the normal acceptance rate doesn’t affect the international acceptance rate, it will always be 5% or so?