Hello, am an international student and hope to study in the USA but I’m dearly in need of a full ride to finance my studies… I have a 3.42 unweighted GPA and I hope to take the October SAT and with my own believe, I know I can get 1300+. please what are my chances and the colleges I can have a shot at?
You will need to be a top student in your country to get a full ride. Your stats do not indicate this at the moment. Check out these. Many may not be available for International applicants.
http://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-with-full-ride-scholarships
same question. I came from abroad but I have US citizenship. I came to USA last month. now ı living in virginia from june 1. I want to study computer science in USA. last mont I graduated from abroad . this year can I take full ride scholarship ? another question. for example I will apply 2 different college. one of them from top school for example first school is from top 10-25 they accept but dont give full ride than ı will chose the other from 25-75 from us ranking. can take full ride. my GPA is 3,45 GPA, 770+SAT-math and 500+sat english sat score.
ı prefer best school but ı need full ride .
Guys, even with a 4.0 GPA and a 1600 SAT, you have like a 1% of getting full tuition at US schools as an international student. Forget it.
The US takes alot of FULL PAY international students into their colleges.
Every one of the 180 Seniors I taught last year would love a full ride. So would my 3 kids and all my nieces and nephews.
The reality is that it isn’t going to happen. Not for them, and not for the majority of people.
Think about it logically-- if the cost of attending a particular school is, say, $40,000 a year-- why would they GIVE that to you? Schools need tuition to say open-- why would they give those elusive “full rides” away?
I’ll give you the same advice I’ve given my students an my own kids: find a school you can afford to attend.
What colleges are you able to attend in your own country for free. Start looking at those first.
@hasomaso Are you the parent or the child? In this thread you said you are the parent http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/virginia-tech/1991953-from-abroad-full-tuition-scholarships-for-my-son-for-computer-science.html#latest
But now you’re stating you are the student. Which is it?
Do you have any idea how *** entitled*** your posts are?
Please keep us updatted and let us know which top “25-75” schools offers you a “full ride”
@hasomaso how do you have citizenship if you have only been here a month, were you born in the US? Just curious!
“same question. I came from abroad but I have US citizenship”
Wow, I am amazed at this post. Do people really believe they can attend college in the USA for free?
@hasomaso , first, start your own thread. Second, spend the next year educating yourself about how the college financial system works here. Work on your English too.
You need to be a truly outstanding, amazing student like Malala Youfsazai to get a full ride as an International. You need to raise your SAT score and grades by a lot to get a full ride even as a U.S. citizen. You are both dreaming and need to understand reality. Getting a full ride schoalrship means being outstanding. Top grades and test scores are not optional.
It always amazes me when otherwise apparently bright kids think our streets really are lined in gold.
I am a parent not a student. sorry for mistake.n. normally I don’t have enough time. and I didn’t noticed the difference. my english is not perfect . I only asked as adding of that queition . I asked as a student because I didn’t want to narrated of his situation ınonly focused question. sorry
Even with perfect stats chances of a full ride anywhere are very small. With those stats a full ride is impossible anywhere.
dear Lindagaf , I know college cost is very expensive in USA. and in my country public college fees only 100-250usd . and some of them send a lot of students to USA and Europe. private university prices is 5000-10000usd max. but every private university has full ride scholarship for 10% or 15% student . and for 25% student teh also offer %50 price discount. not all courses of courses . especially for engineering and medicine.students. I only asked if any college gives a discount or full scholarship ; what is the requirment?. if my son cannot take scholarship, perhaps he will decide other options. like CC, or FAFSA+ another scholars for some part +work. or if he cannot take scholar he can go back my country and take bachelor degree . after BS degre, perhaps he can decide MS degree in another country. I only asked for help. out of state fees are very high and so I wanted to help for my son, to find a way to his education. normall I prefer , he must go to college in my country . there is no universty cost and he lives with me . and in this century he can learn all the things from internet too… thank you.
@3js3ks as ı said ı wrote for my son. he has USA citizenship from his mother. but he lived abroad all his life. and lsat month he went for improve englis and take SAT exams and he will try to study in USA. this is his choice.
This is completely false.
Where did you get all those statistics?
I believe hasomaso was describing the situation in his home country, to explain where he was coming from when looking for similar opportunities in the US.
Many countries outside the United States charge far less than colleges here.
Getting a full ride or even full tuition is no easy task.
In a large number of foreign countries, there are these For-Profit firms that are very popular with students who want to study in the USA. They charge these exorbitant fees for SAT/ACT prep, offer other services to these students and touting their ability to get students into top-ranked universities in the US with full rides (or close to it). Their advertisement is probably what is triggering all these requests for information on full ride colleges, totally oblivious to the realities that “full rides” ares only available to a select few.
"@hasomaso “GPA is 3,45 GPA, 770+SAT-math and 500+sat english sat score.”
And child is a US citizen. SAT is 1270 or you don’t know yet?
You can look through these http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
It seems like GPA minimum is usually a 3.5 and SAT more like 1300, but there are a couple for full tuition, like Alabama State or Arkansas at Monticello.