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Originally Posted by kabs
This is somewhat true, but most of those schools pre-2007 would package loans along with scholarships so your financial aid package may not be a full-ride so to speak. So you could have gone to Harvard, but they would have probably given you a lot of loans through its institution.
Whenever people applied as international students, you had to always demonstrate income and include that as part of your application (including the Ivies). It was only in 2007 that those schools went need blind for international students and revamped their policies.
I applied to college in '03 - '04 as well.
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I was accepted to Harvard via early action in 2005 and began as a Freshman in 2006. I did not apply as an international student despite being undocumented. I simply made my status clear to both the admissions office and to the financial aid office. I was never asked to take any loans and graduated in 2011 with zero debt. Harvard's financial aid office is always eager to find ways to help students in need. The key is to be upfront with them and ask for help.