UC system:no aid for international students..

[gurumaster8899]

I've recently read on the UC Berkley's website that it is very difficult to accept any international student with any sort of fnding due to budgetary restrictions on the University of California system...i was wondering if thats the same for all public schools in the US?

thanks

[frankdux]

the state of California is having serious economic and financial problems, even more serious than most other states.

I'd take an educated guess and say that there may be less funding opportunities all across the country for international students at this point in time, but that california is definitely one of the worst states to try and find funding.

[m.giugno]

Is there a difference in obtaining aid for an international from a state university or private?

[Stories]

Is there a difference in obtaining aid for an international from a state university or private?

Yes and no. The very prestigious private universities with lots of money to throw around will have more opportunities for international folks. Lesser known schools with less money won't. State schools will always be at the mercy of the economic state of the state it resides in. Schools that receive a lot of federal funding (fellowship in particular) can only give those fellowship out to US residents (my fellowship is a federally funded one, so only US residents are eligible).

[liszt85]

California had been hit hard. I missed out on my dream research group at UCSD only because of this funding issue (according to the professor's email). My entire career has been directed in a very different direction at the moment. I was supposed to be doing music cognition (my first choice) but am going to work on human memory instead. Will bide my time to see how it goes.