How hard is it to get financial aid?

How did she get financial aid from an ivy league university?

• Hi guys I have a friend who had 4 A's in Alevels and she got financial aid from Yale. We live in Pakistan and I wanna get financial aid too cuz we're not very rich.. Do they give financial aid to international students??

• Answer:

  The Ivy League schools do give financial aid to International students. All of the financial aid those schools award are to students who have applied and been accepted by them and who have the financial need. All of the Ivy League financial aid is need-based. Please understand that to be considered for financial aid, a student must first apply to the chosen Ivy League school and be accepted. This is the statement on Yale College (the undergraduate school) financial aid: [Quote] Yale admits students for their academic and personal promise without regard to their ability to pay. Concern about cost should not keep students from applying. 100% of demonstrated need will be met. [End quote] Source: http://admissions.yale.edu/financial-aid Please understand that the Ivy League schools are very selective in who is accepted. For example, for the 2011-12 school year, Yale received 27,283 applicants. Less than 10% of the applicants were accepted: 2,109. The 2011-12 1st year class enrollment was 1,351. Source: College Board (a well-respected U.S. higher education information web site) - http://www.collegeboard.org * https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/yale-university Thirteen percent (13%) of Yale College undergraduates come from outside the United States. Source: U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics College Navigator: * http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Yale&s=all&id=130794#enrolmt You can read about the kind of student Yale looks for here: * http://admissions.yale.edu/what-yale-looks-for Understand that your friend must also apply for and obtain a U.S. student visa to enter the country to stay and study at Yale. Plus, she must fund the cost of her travel to New Haven, Connecticut and Yale. And, she must have documentation proving she has all the funds to not only cover her education costs but all of her living costs while studying and living in the USA. Following are links to some online articles of interest International students considering applying to US schools of higher education. US Dept. of State information on student visas: * http://travel.state.gov/visa/ To obtain a US student visa, any International student will also need to be accepted by a US school, which will need to issue a US Department of Justice Form I-20, verifying acceptance as a student at the school. You can read more about the Form I-20 from this US Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement web site: * http://www.ice.gov/sevis/becoming_nonimmigrant_student_52007.htm How to Apply to US Colleges as a Foreign Student * http://www.sampleadmissionessay.com/foreign-student-college-application/ American Cultural Center Resource Service * http://usinfo.org/study_e.htm/ This web page has lots of links for information on studying and being a college student in the USA. International Student Guide to the USA * http://www.internationalstudentguidetotheusa.com/ Librarians--Ask Us, We Answer! Best wishes