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[doubledigits]

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I am an international student and i received a request for my financial resources from Brown today and thought this weird since i have not received a letter of admission. Those anyone who is applying in this cycle or who applied in the last one know if this means anything? Thanks.

 

[dr.jeddah]

im international too and i have an interview there in days!! cool

 

[secretstang19]

This is just a guess, but I know that Brown (at least their undergraduate) is one of the few top-tier schools that has NON-need-blind admissions. At most schools, you're admitted regardless of your financial status, but at Brown, they use your ability to pay as a tiebreaker for admissions decisions. So if you've got Applicant X and Applicant Y who are considered equally desirable by the adcom, but Applicant X's dad is an investment banker while Applicant Y's dad is a plumber and will cost the school $80k in grants, Applicant X is getting in.

I don't know if their medical school has the same policy, but it might be that this is what you're looking at...

 

[gower]

If by "International Student" you mean that you are neither a US citizen nor a permanent resident, none of the common sources of loans or funds to pay for your education are available to you. If Brown were to have to give or lend you the money to pay if you are accepted, you and/or Brown have to find non-public sources.

Why not call and ask Brown why they sent you the questionnaire?
Better to know now rather than later. They are the only ones who know for certain why you were sent the questionnaire. You don't even know (nor do I) if you can trust my explanation as being what is behind the request.

 

[surge]

Schools are required to do this, and will do it BEFORE any admissions decision has been made. They want to see that you can actually afford to go there. Having said that, i'm not sure whether it in any way affects their decision. It may, indeed, depend on the school. And it may also be completely separate issue (and therefore handeled by a different office).

I got them even though I was applying to MD/PhD programs (which are fully funded, so my ability to pay is irrelevant). I took no action, and when I got in, clearly, it did no longer matter.

 

[Thewonderer]

If you are an international student, some schools want to see your ability to pay before admitting you.

The sucky part is that sometimes they forgot to tell you! A friend of mine was sitting on the waitlist until mid-June and when she called the school up, they said, "Oh, we just need to see your ability to pay before admitting you." Duh....why didn't that school just tell her earlier?

However, that might not be the case in your situation right now either.

So the best thing to do is that once you get your financial/bank statements photocopied and send to Brown/Dartmouth, send that to every school you applied to as well. Might as well!