Brown to become need-blind for international undergraduates
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Brown University shared that the school is to become need-blind for all undergraduate international students starting with the Class of 2029.
The University shared that it met its ambitious $120 million fundraising goal to launch need-blind admission for international students, starting in the fall 2025 semester.
The University’s efforts to bring in students who come from lower income households in 2003, when Brown granted a need-blind admission policy for its domestic undergraduates.
These efforts kept the University from eliminating potential students from the admission process due to the applicant’s inability to pay tuition.
In 2008, Brown University eliminated parent contributions for families with incomes below $60,000 and replaced loans with scholarships for students who come from households that make less than $100,000 in their annual income.
Now, ten years later, Brown eliminated package loans altogether and replaced them with scholarship funds indefinitely.
Extending this policy to international undergrad students will expand the University’s ability to enroll and educate students from all over the world who come from diverse backgrounds with various income levels.
Brown President Christina Paxson shared, “Making Brown an affordable choice for extraordinarily talented international students from every income level is nothing short of transformational.”
“The University is at its very best when we welcome and support students from the widest possible range of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints, who learn from each other on campus and generate new understandings and insights in an increasingly complex world,” she added.
Paxson said that that the University will rely on the continued generosity of its donors to raise an additional $100 million in order to make this initiative permanent for its international undergrad students.
Brown is one of eight U.S. colleges that is need-blind for international undergraduates.
This initiative surrounds the effort that the University has made to bring in some of the top students from around the world.
As a result of these donations and in addition to need-blind admissions, Brown’s admissions team is set to travel to over 30 countries next year.
