<p>I have never seen breakdowns of the sort you want for international students. The common data sets and sources like US News will give the info for ALL students, but even for US students when looking at OOS publics, that info can be way off. The numbers are averages and if you are outside of the averages from the get go, they don’t mean anything to you. The fact of the matter is that not all international students have the same odds as there are some countries where there are many students applying and some where it is a rare thing. Schools do not tend to give out stats when they do not have to do so, and getting them is very difficult. I asked for some simple statistical info a few years ago on a different matter, and got a different answer from each person I asked, with each of them telling me that they don’t track that stat and it was their guess. </p>
<p>Also, things change very quickly when it comes to money available for college. I’ve seen drastic changes in a relatively short period of time, so you really have to get the most current information.<br>
If you absolutely have to get money to come here, then do not waste your time with those schools that do not give it out to international students. If a school out and out says it does not give out merit awards over a certain size and that international students are not eligible for financial aid, that school would be off your list. No sense fishing where the fish you want are definitely not there. Also if there are on a handful of big merit awards given, and no aid to internationals, figure out what your odd are that you will get those big awards. Unless you want to make that your big chance school, and I mean having even less likelihood of getting into one of the six or so schools that are need blind/give 100% need to internationals, you may not want to put it on your list. </p>
<p>If you are absolutely set on coming to this country to study, you should have a bunch of schools on your list where you are by and far one of the best students there. That means looking past the lists of schools where the names are recognizable and looking for some school with test score ranges that are very low and you are a super star. Make sure they do have big money awards, and take a shot at them. These are not the schools you will read about or find easily. We are talking about small schools that tend to have a lot of local kids or state universities like Southeast New Mexico State or Northern North Dakota Institute ( I made up those names, but you see what I mean) If they have average SATs in the 400 range with few if any above 600 on a subject test, someone, international or not, with a 2100 SAT score is going to look mighty good to them and is likely to get a big award if the school has them to give to international. So have a number of those schools on your list along with the schools you most want with odds that make it difficult to get a spot.</p>
<p>Every year, I see internationals and US kids alike who are very unhappy that they did not get into any of the long list of schools, all with name recognition, high ratings and known reputations. For US students, there are the local commuting alternatives if those schools did not pan out, and most US kids will have at least a state school or something as a safety, so though they may be disappointed, they do have that fail safe option Not so with internationals who do not go through the trouble of looking for schools that will give out money to them and are well off the beaten track. That’s what you have to do to have a chance at someplace here.</p>