<p>When will students who were accepted EA hear if they’ve received any financial aid? Any ideas?</p>
<p>This is exactly what we are waiting for as well…she was accepted EA…but no aid info yet. Fingers crossed. Bard is her first choice by a long shot.</p>
<p>I was also accepted EA and no financial aid letter yet…:/</p>
<p>I just looked all through the admissions and financial aid sections of Bard’s website and couldn’t find any info at all re: notification of financial aid awards. May call this week and ask–</p>
<p>I’m calling Monday as well.</p>
<p>[Financial</a> Aid | Award Procedures for Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.bard.edu/financialaid/awards/]Financial”>http://www.bard.edu/financialaid/awards/)</p>
<p>It say’s here that financial aid awards are sent out from the last week of March until mid-April. Anybody know how good Bard aid in terms of financial aid??</p>
<p>God, I hope they’re good enough for me to attend.</p>
<p>College Board says: </p>
<p>87% of need met</p>
<p>91% of freshmen with financial aid</p>
<p>Average 1st year financial aid package: $39,206</p>
<p>I wonder if the $39,206 number was from last year when the tuition was lower, so this year it’ll be more?</p>
<p>Me too. Bard has a net price calculator in their financial aid website BUT according to that I’d have to pay around $25000 a year when my EFC was zero…hopefully there was a mistake or something. I do know Bard’s overall price is considered extremely pricey, it’s almost $60,000!</p>
<p>My EFC is ~7500, and I would have to pay around $18000 after the federal loans, so I would be a little surprised if you had to pay that much. Then again, I’ve been pretty much devastated by my fin aid packages this year so far, so who knows.</p>
<p>I hope not. That’d be the end of my Annandale-on-Hudson dream. Bard also has some decent scholarships which I"m hoping I got. This is only my second decision so far. The rest of my schools wont release decisions and financial aid decisions until next week :(</p>
<p>Yeah, this limbo of waiting is torture…good luck to you!</p>
<p>atidrep - did you end up calling? I know we just have to wait but it would be so nice to know when it might be coming…</p>
<p>I called today. Letters go out next week.</p>
<p>Turntabler: Thanks, you too! Hopefully we end up Bardians who are able to afford more than ramen noodles and cheerios. </p>
<p>Another week?! Well I guess this limbo DOES NOT end exactly on April 1st -____-</p>
<p>good luck to everyone waiting on aid…hard to breathe until the letters arrive…</p>
<p>Tell me about it! This is really getting difficult.</p>
<p>ughh yeah. It didn’t come today for me, hopefully it will tomorrow. In the meantime, I got a pretty decent (read: not utterly unfordable like every other school so far) aid package from Hampshire.</p>
<p>Yay! Bard gave me the best aid of any college yet! Better than Hampshire!</p>
<p>Total cost: $59000 for first year. Aid Awarded: $47000 including $6000 federal loans. It means some PLUS loans, and maybe some supplementary loans for myself, but it’s very doable! WOO</p>
<p>Turntabler - That is so great! They knew that Bard was where you belonged!</p>
<p>Thanks SpiritManager 
I’m psyched!</p>