Colorado College

Yes. Colorado College meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for admitted undergraduates, and full need-based packages are available to international freshman and transfer students. A full package can cover tuition, housing, meals, health insurance, and even travel expenses. All aid is need-based, and admissions is need-aware for internationals — CC only fully funds a handful of international students each year, so requesting a full ride makes admission more competitive.

No — Colorado College is need-aware for all international applicants. The amount of aid you request factors into the admission decision, and CC only fully funds a small handful of international students each year out of thousands of applicants. Once admitted with aid, CC meets 100% of your calculated need.

Not indicating that you're applying for financial aid at the exact time you submit your admission application. Colorado College requires you to declare intent to apply for aid up front. If you don't apply for — or don't qualify for — institutional aid in that initial cycle, you are permanently barred from receiving institutional aid for your entire time at CC. There is no second chance in a later year, so get this right on the first application.

No. Colorado College is strictly test-optional — SAT and ACT scores are not required, and applications submitted without them receive the same review.

No. Colorado College is fully test-optional, including for English — no proficiency exam is required. That said, because CC teaches on an intensive Block Plan (one class at a time for 3.5 weeks) that demands high fluency, they strongly recommend that applicants whose native or instruction language isn't English submit a TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, or Duolingo score, or an InitialView interview, to make the application competitive. It's encouraged, not required.

Colorado College issues CSS Profile fee waiver codes only to applicants attending a United World College (UWC). If you're not a UWC student, you don't get a code — but you can skip the CSS fee entirely by using the free CC ISFAA (International Student Financial Aid Application) instead. The CC ISFAA appears in your CC applicant portal after you submit your admission application and complete a brief Financial Aid Supplement, and it satisfies the aid requirement at no cost.

Roughly 11–14% overall for freshman applicants. Transfer admission is comparably selective at around 10–15%, and full-ride transfer admission is exceptionally difficult given how few international students CC fully funds each year.

Yes — transfers are funded under the same policy that meets 100% of demonstrated need. You must check the intent-to-apply-for-aid box on the transfer application, and a complete aid file is required before your application is reviewed. In practice, full-ride transfer admission is exceptionally difficult. You'll need the Transfer Common Application, all college transcripts, a final high school transcript or proof of graduation, a Transfer College/Registrar's Report, one academic recommendation from a college professor or instructor, English proficiency scores if applicable, and the CSS Profile or free CC ISFAA by the transfer deadline.