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@Enna
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 • 3 years ago •
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Does school imply for full financial aid for international students with need?

I'm a woman from Ukraine. My Sat score is around 1450. Planning about applying to Fordham in November.

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@LilyNDash
81 answers, 429 votes
 • 3 years ago

Honesty, my cousin just graduated from Fordham with over $100,000 in student loans and he was an excellent HS student before applying. I don't believe Fordham is the best college for getting financial aid whether you are an American or Int'l Student. Therefore I suggest that you apply to better schools that have better financial aid. Also, since you already have 1450, I recommend that you try your best to take it again and achieve a 1500+ SAT score. That would give you better chances at better schools.

If you want to attend school on the East Coast, then I would consider these because they are all excellent and better schools than Fordham with better financial aid.

-Wellesley College

-Mount Holyoke

-Smith College

-Vassar College

-Hamilton College

-Colgate University

-Dartmouth College

-Cornell University

-Columbia University

-Trinity College

-Williams College

-Amherst College

-Boston College

-Bates College

-Bowdoin College

-Colby College

-Yale University

-Brown University

-University Of Pennsylvania

-Haverford College

-Bryn Mawr College

Good luck.

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@saidsalah3 years ago

What about the ones that give full financial aids for international students?

@LilyNDash3 years ago [edited]

As an Intl applicant, there are very few full-ride scholarships avaialble. The big hurdle is that you have to qualify to get accepted based your application first. With historically low admit rates 3-8% for top schools you may find this challenging. The smaller liberal arts colleges may be the way to go with higher admit rates.

@LilyNDash3 years ago

Here is a list I found, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, UChicago, Washington U in St. Louis, USC, MIT, Amherst, Wesleyan, Occidental, Northwestern, Berea College, JHU, Williams, Hamilton, Colgate

@LilyNDash3 years ago

Keep in mind none of the top schools offer Merit Financial aid based on your academic record. Everything is based on you filing out the FAFSA and CSS profile forms when you apply and are based on your family income and assets. Good Luck.

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