美国名校基于财务需求的奖学金和录取政策

美国名校基于财务需求的奖学金和录取政策

美国名校高昂的学费让不少国际学生萌生退意。实际上大可不必如此,如果你足够优秀并且确实有财政方面的需求,奖学金和录取政策会确保学费不会成为你进入这些学校学习的障碍。 今天我们就来看一下: 美国名校基于财务需求的奖学金和录取政策.

 

Need-Based Scholarship – 基于学生财政需求的奖学金

这种奖学金顾名思义就是指学生由于家庭经济情况在支付学费时遇到了困难,那么学校会给予奖学金来帮助学生解决这个困难,即使你是国际学生。是不是很慷慨? 同学们可能会问这种奖学金的具体金额是多少呢? 根据USNews的统计,有62所大学愿意提供100%的财务资助。也就是说如果某学生的经济状况经过评估根本无法负担任何学费,那么学校就愿意免除这个学生所有的学费。这62所大学是:

School name (state)U.S. News rank and category
Amherst College (MA)2, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Barnard College (NY)32, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Bates College (ME)19, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Bethany College (KS)68, Regional Colleges (Midwest)
Boston College31, National Universities
Bowdoin College (ME)5, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Brown University (RI)16, National Universities
Bryn Mawr College (PA)27, National Liberal Arts Colleges
California Institute of Technology10, National Universities
Carleton College (MN)8, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Carroll University (WI)41, Regional Universities (Midwest)
Claremont McKenna College (CA)8, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Colby College (ME)15, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Colgate University (NY)22, National Liberal Arts Colleges
College of the Holy Cross (MA)34, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Columbia University (NY)4, National Universities
Cornell University (NY)15, National Universities
Dartmouth College (NH)11, National Universities
Davidson College (NC)11, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Duke University (NC)8, National Universities
Franklin and Marshall College (PA)37, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Georgetown University (DC)21, National Universities
Grinnell College (IA)19, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Hamilton College (NY)15, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Harvard University (MA)2, National Universities
Harvey Mudd College (CA)15, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Haverford College (PA)8, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Johns Hopkins University (MD)12, National Universities
Macalester College (MN)24, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MA)
7, National Universities
Middlebury College (VT)7, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Mount Holyoke College (MA)41, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Northwestern University (IL)13, National Universities
Oberlin College (OH)23, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Occidental College (CA)44, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Pitzer College (CA)35, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Pomona College (CA)5, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Princeton University (NJ)1, National Universities
Rice University (TX)19, National Universities
Scripps College (CA)24, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Smith College (MA)19, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Stanford University (CA)4, National Universities
Swarthmore College (PA)3, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Thomas Aquinas College (CA)77, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Trinity College (CT)45, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Tufts University (MA)27, National Universities
United States Merchant Marine
Academy (NY)
3, Regional Colleges (North)
University of Chicago4, National Universities
University of North Carolina—Chapel
Hill (NC)
30, National Universities
University of Notre Dame (IN)16, National Universities
University of Pennsylvania8, National Universities
University of Richmond (VA)30, National Liberal Arts Colleges
University of Southern California25, National Universities
University of Virginia23, National Universities
Vanderbilt University (TN)16, National Universities
Vassar College (NY)11, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Washington and Lee
University (VA)
14, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Washington University in St. Louis14, National Universities
Wellesley College (MA)4, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Wesleyan University (CT)15, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Williams College (MA)1, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Yale University (CT)3, National Universities

实际上除了这62所大学外,还有超过1000所美国大学愿意为学生提供不同程度的Need-Based Scholarship

如果你足够有Sense, 那么你可能就会问如果我需要这些财务支持,那么会不会影响我的录取呢? 答案是: 会,学校会把你的财务需求和传统的SAT, 课外活动, 文书等材料一起审核。换句话说,也就是如果你其他条件足够优秀,以至于他们愿意为你放弃你无法支付的学费,那么你就会被录取并且被提供相应金额的奖学金。相反,如果你不够优秀,那么学校可能会因为收不到你不能负担的这部分学费而拒绝你。

 

Need-Blind Admission – 无视财务需求的录取

回答完上面的问题之后,很多同学可能会问,有没有学校在审核申请人的时候是完全不考虑财务需求的呢? 这个真的可以有。但是整个美国只有6所大学可以对国际学生做出这样的承诺! 这六所大学是那些呢?

School name (state)U.S. News rank and category
Amherst College (MA)2, National Liberal Arts Colleges
Dartmouth College (NH)11, National Universities
Harvard University (MA)2, National Universities
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MA)
7, National Universities
Princeton University (NJ)1, National Universities
Yale University (CT)3, National Universities

请仰视这些学校吧,他们在审核国际学生的材料的时候完全不关注你是否能支付的起学费,只要你足够优秀那么他们就会接受你,并且为你提供你所需要的帮助,而他们这样的承诺意味着自己每年很多的财务损失。

 

美国名校奖学金和财务资助体现出的原则

很明显,美国名校是非常愿意为学生的才华买单的。由于Merit-Based Scholarship也就是因为成绩突出或者表现突出而给予的奖学金越来越少见,名校的奖学金是预留给那些财政上最需要帮助的学生的。这也体现出了美国大学的公平公正。

对于申请人来说,如果你足够优秀,就不必要担心学费的问题。只要不断的提高自己的成绩,根据自己的兴趣爱好深入的投入到课外活动当中并且有技巧的在申请中展现出你的才华,那么就很有可能进入你心仪的名校并且得到他们的帮助,即使你的家庭无法负担让你做到这一点。

作为51UStudy的主管,Ray是绝对的美国考试达人: GMAT: 750, GRE 331, TOEFL (iBT): 115, TOEFL (Paper-based): 653。但是真正让他自豪的是经过他的悉心指导,很多的同学都在GMAT, GRE, SAT, TOEFL考试中取得了非常傲人的成绩。而他更是在51UStudy设立起就参与了所有学生的申请工作,在从策划到实施到递交申请的每一个细节都积累了丰富的经验。