Which university in the USA is better, regarding scholarship & possibilities?

Question

I want to send my daughter, who is junior to a college and university in the USA. Where for genuis talented gift education is possible.

Answer 1

There are so many resources you can utilize here... collegeboard.com actually helped me pick my school, but there are also dozens of books (Princeton Review, Collegeboard/ETS, and other brands) that can help you make a decision.

If you want to go for prestige, the Ivy-leagues are always a safe bet (but VERY competitive). The Ivies include Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, UPenn, and Brown, with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale being (arguably) the most elite. Some prestigious tech schools include CIT, UChicago, and MIT. Stanford and UC Berkeley are also great schools to look at.

If you want to look for schools that welcome international students and promote internationalism, Tufts University is a great option. You could also consider urban schools, where it might be easier to fit in as an international student (ie Columbia, WashU, etc).

The best Liberal Arts schools include Willams, Amherst, Swarthmore, and Wellesley. If your daughter wants to go to an all-girls school, her best bet is probably Barnard, which is the "sister-school" of Columbia. She would have all of Columbia's resources and graduate with an Ivy-League degree, but have a smaller (and female) environment. She'd make a ton of great connections that way, though it's difficult to pursue engineering or science there.

In terms of financial aid, it's going to be rough for you guys... Princeton University has a unique program where financial aid is awarded in grants, not in loans. That makes it much easier to afford, though the aid for foreign students is hard to get.

You have a ton of options, and it really just comes down to what priorities you and your daughter have. College admissions is at its worst right now, so just remember not to "put all your eggs in one basket," so to speak. Best of luck to you!!

Answer 2

There is not a lot of scholarship money for foreign students coming to the USA. A large proportion of loans and grants to students are federal funds which are only available to US Citizens.

Some schools have scholarships and grants that are based on merit. The competition for these is extremely difficult in most schools. Many of the top schools such as the Ivy League, Duke, Stanford, etc do not give Merit scholarships because their students are so highly selected that every student would qualify.

Probably the best bet would be to look at schools that are not the most selective. Schools that are in the top 300 list, but not the top 25 list. In those schools they do give some money for students who are academically gifted. Then you must go to each schools website and see what their policies are for admitting and supporting foreign students.

Answer 3

Andrews University or Loma Linda University, Michigan USA

Answer 4

The best universities in the US, according to the 2007 U.S. News rankings, are Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cal Tech and Stanford.

All these universities offer financial aid, though this is very difficult for foreign students to obtain.

Answer 5

Consider The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. Fantastic school. They reward academic excellence with generous merit scholarships. My daughter is a student there and loves it. You can check their website at http://www.wooster.edu We learned about the school in a book entitied "Colleges that Change Lives" by Loren Pope. I highly recommend it.

Answer 6

Try applying for the Fulbright scholarship in your own country, and if your daughter gets it, she can apply to any schools she wants in the States and most likely be accepted. Fulbright is worldwide known but it is very competitive, so your daughter needs to be seriously gifted.

Answer 7

google it dude
colleges.com, or college rankings, or u.s. news and world report has a list of best colleges.
wall street journal recently made their list for this year as well (for business of course)