<p>Daughter received her finacial aid award letter today....showing Estimated cost of attendance at $19, 573.00, instate.</p>
<p>Checking the website, 2006-07 fees list $17,764 in total fees, including travel, personal expenses and books. Is this the estimated increase? UVA' total costs appear to be about $2000 more than William and Mary. These are daughter's top two choices and trying to compare each financial aid award.</p>
<p>A call to the Office of Financial Services really is the best way to get this information.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that they're swamped right now...you might sit on hold for a while before talking to a counselor.</p>
<p>I thought W&M was a little more expensive in the past, although maybe their R&B went up less than UVA's. I haven't seen W&M's COA for next year though, I did look yesterday but couldn't tell if it was for next year or not.</p>
<p>Haven't gotten my financial aid award letter yet!</p>
<p>I called the FA office today and they said that FA awards were mailed on April 4th..at least for RD.</p>
<p>That was quick for us..........took two days for the acceptance letter to arrive.</p>
<p>Well, our info went in a bit late so I guess I might have to wait a bit longer :(</p>
<p>Are you guys happy with your award letters? I think I will be calling the financial aid office sometime next week.</p>
<p>Very happy. Better than we had planned.</p>
<p>weird...I got my acceptance letter the day after they mailed it...and i still haven't received my financial aid letter yet...I have baseball practice 10-12:30 and I will be running to my mailbox as soon as I arrive home. Wait, is there mail today?</p>
<p>I received $24,000 in grants. I'm very happy. Incredibly thankful to UVa.</p>
<p>yep...mail today.</p>
<p>Awesome, amievil. that is fantastic</p>
<p>i didn't get anything today...maybe tomorrow</p>
<p>Sameee... amievil, that's AWESOME :)</p>
<p>amievil that is absolutely amazing. I am happy for you!</p>
<p>Is it possible that the Family Contribution is 5 times larger than the EFC? My award letter does not have any Grant except the Access UVa grant which provides minimal help.
I want to go to UVa but i can't afford the loans which is equal to the grants. And only the family contribution is already twice my parents' income.</p>
<p>How is the 100% need met??</p>
<p>Call the financial aid office. They can best explain how AccessUVA works and can answer specifics about your package. It's hard for anyone on here to answer because we don't know your financial background/how the FAid office decides.
Good luck</p>
<p>Contact Financial Aid on Monday, IhateCR....that doesn't sound right at all. PM if you like. I've gotten pretty good on the financial side of applying for college. I'll help if I can.</p>
<p>Finally got my financial aid package... It's roughly going to cost the same as Dartmouth, and about 5-7k less than JHU and Duke.</p>
<p>I expected a bit better =</p>
<p>Has anyone else not received their financial aid package yet? I'm a bit concerned... I hope I get mine on Monday.</p>