<p>When does New Paltz and Purchase send the acceptance letters, I want to decide already. Is financial aid good if EFC is 0? About how much are we talking about?</p>
<p>my daughter got her acceptance early … and just got an acceptance to purchase last week; our efc is around $1650 and we got a tentative financial award from new paltz which - in my opinion - wasn’t very good… 6515 per yr in tap & pell; $1K in work study and $8,385 in loans … which equals only the tuition, fees, room & board – NOT books, supplies, transportation & personal costs, which of course, varies. I hope I’m not looking a gift horse in the mouth here but was hoping for better with such a low EFC… that’s a lot of loans but may end up being our best financial possibility - besides staying home which neither my daughter nor I want for her.</p>
<p>rachelfran, unfortunately with the SUNYs your offers will generally be around the same unless you get a scholarship from one of them. Also schools like Geneseo and Bing (from personal experience), ad the additional expenses as well but they’re covered in loans.</p>