So …dumb question… after you get that great letter of acceptance to a school, when do they send out the financial aid /scholarship pkg ? Like March? When will we know what our cost of attendance is?
Like almost everything else in the process - it depends on the school. Some notify right away… some wait until later
We got ours with our acceptance
Most of my D’s schools sent the Fin. Aid award letters at the same time as the acceptances.
We had some that sent merit awards along with acceptances, and then sent the full financial aid package with need based aid in the spring. Others sent all at one time (in the spring).
In our experience, the merit/financial aid from the universities as a whole came out close to time of admission, but in one case, the MT talent offer did not come until March (If I remember right).
I don’t know if others had this experience, but S was wait listed at BW. He never received an official admission to the school, but when I - er, my S - spoke to the admissions counselor in January he assured us that S was on track for admission and would receive their highest merit scholarship. S was not released from MT waitlist until May and I think it was then we finally got, “Congratulations! You’re accepted to our school. And would you consider another major with merit aid and honors opportunities, etc.”