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I have a friend who is planning on applying to the US for pre-med. We are both, not from the US so applying to the US is not common. He wants to study in the US for pre-med, just like I am about to. He has a unweighted 4.0 GPA and multiple academic awards, good extracurricular activities (i.e. tutoring, sports and volunteer but no clubs since not every school in our country does that. I will ask him to make the first club ever in the skl if that might help his application). He has khan academy and the Princeton review SAT prep for the SAT studies. I am confident in his academic accomplishments, in my opinion the he needs right now is a little more extracurricular activities and a good SAT score ( +1520) and great essays to get a good financial aid and scholarships. I have sent him a top heavy school lisy because they give good scholarships but probably not as much for international students but it's still there. I was on a budget of $20k for uni and so is he. I think the list should have just a bit more state schools with affordable tuition where he will probably get aid in. Here is the list:
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Harvard university
-Cornell university
-Princeton university
-Columbia university
-Yale university
-Stanford university
-MIT
-John Hopkins university
-University of Pennsylvania
-Dartmouth college
-Brown university
-Boston university
-Boston college
-University of Chicago
-UCLA
-Tufts
-Rice university
-Northwestern
-Ithaca college
-University of Mississippi
-Duke university
-University of Miami
-University of Berkley
-UC Berkeley
-Purdue university
-Mcneese state university
-Ball State University
-Penn state
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As an international student, your friend will likely not get any aid from state schools (even US out of state student don't). He should apply to need-blind colleges (most of which are on your list) and private schools that give a lot of merit-based aid.
I am also an international student and have received aid from a state school but it was only for merit and a bit of others. Can you give me a list of private schools that give a lot of merit-based aid?
Sure. Sadly, $20k is hard to work with, so the list isn't going to be very long. But as far as I know University of Southern Mississippi and Texas Tech offer close to full-rides based on merit. Also, University of Alabama gives out full rides to students with a 4.0 + a 36ACT/1600SAT, so he could aim for that with his GPA. I would also personally remove schools like UCLA and UC Berkeley because I don't think they would give him any aid.
Why are UCLA and Cal/Berkeley on here? No aid.
Ok, I will remove them
Also remove Purdue. It will be close to the $45kish/yr, maybe a few thousand off but prob not.
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i advise he looks into small liberal arts colleges. they are amazing for pre med due to all the support and focus students get. lac’s have some of the highest acceptance rates to med schools. a lot of them are also pretty good with international aid!
Thanks can you give me suggestions
really most top lac’s give aid. look into wesleyan (ct), haverford, williams, vassar, washington and lee, haverford, vassar, amherst, pomona, pitzer, bowdoin, etc.
Best pre-med schools that give the most aid to international students:
Duke, Dartmouth, G-Town, Cornell, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, & Vandy.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/colleges-that-offer-the-most-financial-aid-to-international-students
There are also some great LACs that are known to give great aid, but wouldn't recommend attending an LAC if they're set on pre-med.
curious why you think they shouldn't attend an LAC if theyre set on premed? a lot of LACs prepare students very well for that field!
Thanks. What is a LACs?
Liberal Arts College