FAQ

A money-first guide to US universities for international students. It collects what a university publishes about admissions, costs and financial aid, puts it in one place so universities can be compared on the same terms, and leads with the cheapest way through each stage of applying, from the exam to the visa.

No. It shows the facts and the filters; the choice is yours. It does not predict whether you will be admitted either.

No. Check dates and amounts on the university's own page before you rely on them.

Every figure on a university page carries where it came from, the date it was recorded and how confident we are in it. Nothing is shown as fact without a source you can see. The sources are:

• The university's website. Read from the page, with the date it was read.
• An email reply. The admissions office answered the question directly.
• A Common Data Set. The standardised report universities publish themselves.
• Entered by hand. Recorded manually and marked as such.

Every fact shows the date it was recorded. A university can change a deadline or a price, so use the date to judge how fresh it is.

The value was not found on an official source, so it is left empty rather than guessed. Where a university's policy differs for international applicants, the site shows that separately from the policy for everyone.

It means the university decides on admission without looking at whether you can pay. Many are need-blind only for US applicants, so the site shows the international policy separately. Terms like this are highlighted in the articles: point at one to see what it means.

Use the Contact page and name the university and the field.

Yes, for reading the public data. See Connect your Claude for what it can and cannot do.