<p>What if I get no aid at all (I am an international) when I apply ED and if I am admitted?</p>
<p>What are my options if I really want to attend Cornell? Is there any way that I would be able to get them to give me a new package? My parents can probably afford 30,000 a year, but the entire price tag is exorbitant. </p>
<p>I was planning on applying ED next year until I realized Cornell changed its Financial Aid policy for my country (look at location), and it gives out much less now due to the bad economy. </p>
<p>I really like Cornell because it has the correct blend of students (some that will be way smarter, some that will be slightly less bright), great facilities, opportunity of being an Ivy league school (in terms of alumni connections, etc.), and the location is seems pretty ideal.</p>
<p>But, I don't know if I should ED Cornell (of course, I will visit first to confirm if I like the atmosphere there) because of the potential no financial aid.</p>
<p>So, please let me know what my options would be.</p>
<p>Go Big Red!</p>
<p>I had the same concerns since I am half Canadian. I am RDing at Cornell now because I need aid. I also read some thread this year that Cornell was accepting canadians and other internationals without aid. The other ivies (except brown) are still need blind for us so it’s all good! :)</p>
<p>I’m an international and I got into Cornell with all the aid I needed, ED. If Cornell’s the place you want to be I’d recommend taking your chances. You can be released from the ED agreement if you don’t get enough.</p>
<p>suzaliscious, could you PM me what your family income was and how much aid you got? I know others who were accepted and got zero aid like PrincetonDreams mentioned as well so I am scared to do that, but I feel like Cornell has the right blend of intelligence, cool location, reputation, had its own med school, etc.</p>
<p>Suzalicious, Cornell offers aid to only a handful of internationals every year. The rest are offered none, and are expected to finance their education entirely through their own means. It sucks that cornell had to change its fin aid policy for Canadians. I just hope the other ivy league schools don’t follow.</p>
<p>@PrincetonDreams: You’re right, I was one of the lucky few. Are you a cornell student now by the way?</p>
<p>@ViggyRam: My family’s income is way below 60,000 dollars a year and I got full aid. You should know though that I’m an Indian and was thus eligible for the Tata Scholarship. In that respect I was competing with far fewer students for aid than other internationals. The Tata Scholarship is reserved only for Indian students.</p>
<p>If you are international, don’t apply ED to non-need-blind schools if you need ANY finaid! You’ll get screwed.</p>
<p>@suzaliscious, when you say Indian students, do you mean only students who are applying from India or just people of Indian ethnicity?</p>
<p>And are there any concrete stats on how many internationals got aid, etc.?</p>
<p>@suzalicious: haha nope. I was going to apply in the winter but due to my crappy first score on the SAT in October I decided to retake it in january and apply during my gap year. I was looking for a good school to apply to for Ed to boost my chances and Cornell fit that category but since they went need aware I’ll only be RDing there. I am from south Asia too btw. Congrats on your acceptance!</p>
<p>@Viggy: I’ve read up on the requirements for the Tata scholarship and i am pretty sure it only applies to Indian students applying from India.</p>
<p>^thanks once again PrincetonDreams.</p>
<p>Ok, so really Cornell offered it all and seemed to be a great fit for me, but is the general consensus to not apply ED because it is need aware and I might not get Financial Aid? (I am in the middle class that gets screwed when it comes to college admissions).</p>
<p>Also, is there a different Ivy League school that is need blind for Canadians that is quite similar to Cornell (caliber of the students, opportunity for research, med school associated or very school by, decent or good location, etc.)? I want to apply ED to some schools that fits my needs to boost my chances, but I don’t want to get robbed as well (no FA).</p>
<p>I was thinking about Dartmouth…but the location isn’t too appealing.</p>
<p>bump…can anyone help me out? I want to ED a school that meets my needs and that I feel comfortable at, but I don’t want to get no FA. I’m trying to think of some schools based on the criteria in the above post…</p>
<p>Can anyone help me out?.. Especially international students…</p>
<p>@Viggy: Dartmouth gives amazing FA. Even to internationals I’ve heard. The admissions is a bit harder though but that would be your best bet. And the location is great. A lot of people learn to really love it.</p>
<p>@rotflmaospencer, actually, I heard the location is in a rural setting and there isn’t much to do besides enjoying the outdoors lol. But, that’s good to hear that internationals get good aid.</p>
<p>@PrincetonDreams, is there any way to find out which one of the ‘lower’ Ivies gives out the most financial aid to internationals (for ED)?</p>
<p>It’s not UPenn for sure. They have a worse aid policy than Cornell.</p>
<p>edit: for internationals, that is.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with suzaliscious. Cornell and UPenn are out of the question. Other than those, the Ivy with the highest acceptance is Dartmouth.</p>
<p>^but does Dartmouth give out really good FA to internationals? I really like Dartmouth, but it was just the location that was kind of deterring me away from thinking about ED’ing it…however, it does have the highest Ivy acceptance rate for ED…that rate plummets down when it comes to RD though.</p>
<p>Anyone have information about the Robert and Wendy Purcell scholarship for Filipino and Thai applicants?</p>
<p>I’m Thai and am really counting on this for my Cornell FA in the ED of '11 :)</p>
<p>Dartmouth or Columbia are the way to go. My friend got accepted as an International to Cornell and got absolutely no aid!!
By the way, you had to do your SAT Is in Oct (or before) and your subject tests in Nov, right? What if you’re planning on doing a subject test that is only offered in December e.g. World History? Does that mean that ED (Ivy League) is out of the question or do colleges compromise and is ED II an option for Ivys?</p>
<p>I really hope you get the aid you need wherever you apply! :)</p>
<p>^thanks! </p>
<p>Are there any scholarships at Ivies for Canadians? </p>
<p>Also, Whatevert, do you have any stats or anything that back up your statement about Columbia and Dartmouth being the way to go? I’m not skeptical or anything, I’m just trying to compile some stats to figure out where is my best bet in terms of aid, acceptance rate, intangibles, etc.</p>