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Brown University Looking to Increase Scholarships for International
Students
Brown University is "need-aware" in its
international admissions, meaning that before it decides to admit an
international student, it will take into account the student's
ability to pay tuition. Although there are only six universities in the United States that
are "need-blind" in their international
admissions, four of them are in the Ivy League with Brown - Harvard,
Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth. When a school has a need-blind
admission policy for international students, it means that students
are admitted without regard to their ability to pay - and any
students who cannot pay are provided scholarships and other aid to
complete their total tuition package.
According to an article in the Brown Daily Herald, Brown is looking to
increase the amount of scholarship dollars available to
international students, through fundraising efforts and an on-campus
committee. Certainly, this will help Brown to compete with its Ivy
brethren and continue to recruit the very best international
students from around the world.
"We're need-aware with international students.
We need to raise more money to support a greater cross-section of
international students," said Matthew Gutmann, vice president
for international affairs.
According to the article, Brown currently has 535
international students, and 174 of them receive some amount of
funding.
Read the full story in the Brown Daily Herald.
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