My uni isnt vry big. It has approx 17000 students and the place iznt very happening but if u are not a party animal and if getting assitantship is the key factor- this might be the place. chck out www.bsu.edu. Nearby thr r otha universities with a bigger population of international students, chck out http://www.iu.edu/ and http://www.purdue.edu/. However I dunt knw how good thy r in giving assitantship to international students. When u apply to universities just mention in your early correspondences that you are interested in applying for assitanships as well, they should be able to direct you to concerned dept or people. For my university and specifically for my biz college the most imp factor, i think is the GMAT score but fortunately our requirement isnt very high..