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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't it be a good thing if the top US schools educated and prepared more US students?  Is what's happening at harvard a blessing in disguise?

Maybe the government should limit the number of international students at all top schools.  Getting in and the cost of attending is just too much.

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International students are a major source of funding. [b]They are almost all full pay (sometimes at higher rates than Americans) so they subsidize financial aid as well as their programs of study. [/b]

If the government were paying for universities - as it could and arguably should, so that everyone could have a low-cost or free education - then maybe we could talk about it. But as it is, limiting international students would just reduce what the university can afford to do for Americans. [/quote]

I am for intl students being enrolled, but my kid is at a T20, and I am surprised that probably the 25 I have spoken to are all receiving aid. Zero told me they are full pay. I used to think as you do now. [/quote]

International students at Harvard get the same financial aid as US citizens. I can’t find a number for Harvard, but USNWR says 40% of international students (from schools that report a #) are on financial aid, and I would assume that number would be higher for Harvard, since they are so much more generous with regard to aid in general.

What schools charge higher tuition for international students? [/quote]

International students cannot receive Federal aid. The packages are a combo of merit aid, campus low-pay jobs and private loans at interest rates that are much higher than the Treasury rate.
Signed, a former international student with financial aid at an Ivy.[/quote]
Small but important clarification, it is not "merit aid." Ivies do not give merit, period; they only give need-based aid. You are referring to institutional grants, which also form the bulk of financial aid that universities give to domestic students. Sometimes colleges confusingly refer to these grants as scholarships, but they are not based on merit at Ivies.

The only "federal" aid types are Pell grants, which are small, and federal student loans, which are also small.[/quote]

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