Will Applying for Financial Aid hurt my chances?

<p>I’m currently a junior living in Central Asia, hoping to apply to Brown this fall.
I’m an international student, so I know that financial aid for international students at Brown are NOT need-blind…but I don’t think it’s worth paying the full tuition.</p>

<p>So I’ll probably apply for financial aid when applying, but will that hurt my chances in admission? (I’m hoping to major in IR)</p>

<p>General Stats:
SAT: 2250 (CR:700, M:770, W:780), I’m waiting for the May results to come out
I’m in the IB Diploma Program so I don’t know my GPA, but these are my latest quarter grades:
Econ HL: 7
History HL: 6
English Lang&Lit: 6
Math SL: 7
Russian SL: 6
Bio SL: 6</p>

<p>ECs: I won’t go into details, but I was in a Varsity team, volunteering in school, yearbook, drama production, MUN, etc</p>

<p>Thank You! :)</p>

<p>Yes it may be a negative. But what choice do you have?</p>

<p>ditto (ten char)</p>