New website for the fund that listed the 25 admitted students' profile and the current graduate program they are attending

https://gradapplicationhelpfund.com/our-services/

What progress have you made since your last update?

Accepted 5 students for the Spring/Fall semester

What are your next steps?

Maintaining good relationship with funded students

Is there anything others could help you with?

Update on 2024 Fall admission cycle:

The fund dispersed $21,949 to 36 students, of which 25 of them have already accepted a funded MS/PHD position at a US university. $16,373 are associated with the funded students, $16,773/$21,949 = 76.42% success ratio for the fund.

3 students have been accepted to schools but only for non-funded position, 8 students' admission offers are still pending or deferred to later semesters

List of schools our funded students are going to attend:
NC State, South Dakota State University, University of Texas at Arlington X2, Louisiana State University (LSU), University of Oklahoma X2, University of Arizona, Lehigh University, Oregon State University, University of Rhode Island, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Dayton X2, New Mexico State University, University of Cincinnati, Texas A&M University, Washington University in St. Louis (Olin Business School), University of Nevada, University of Nebraska, University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech X2, University of Wyoming, Auburn University.

@Austin Many thanks! I'll give you more details when I'm back to the US around April. Thanks for an excellent platform!

@benmanns Yes, I think that would be a helpful resource for applicants! Perhaps if I put together a Google Spreadsheet template and ask the applicants to chip in by filling out the information for the schools they applied to, the spreadsheet can be built up gradually.

@Jason Some do, most don't. If you talk to enough international students you will see. From the sample of students I have talked to, about 1-3 out of 10 schools they are applying to offers a fee waiver, while the rest do not