<p>hi. i plan on applying for ea class of 2016. i come from a family of 5 with 2 kids in college. What percentage of my tuition is going to e covered if my family income is roughly $48000 a year?</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone on this board could tell you accurate numbers to any degree. One major factor they highly consider is family assets, for instance. If your parents have 10 million sitting in the bank, probably zero. You can call the office of financial aid, (773) 702-8655, and they can maybe direct you to a calculator to get rough estimates.</p>
<p>-CS I meant when you major in Romance Languages, do you take more than one language? Or do you pick one language (like in my D’s case French)… I guess I am a little thrown by the name of the major. In most colleges, you major in 'French" or “Italian.”</p>
<p>Oh sorry, there are options to specialize in a specific language (French, Italian, or Spanish) or you can study multiple languages (each less intensely) for the major. You can find out about all the different options in the course catalog here: <a href=“http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/pdf/RLLT.pdf[/url]”>http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/pdf/RLLT.pdf</a>.</p>
<p>Edit: I actually think if you major in the “French” sequence, for instance, your diploma with say “French.” RLLT is the name of the department, not the major.</p>
<p>This is kind of random, but how is the food at Chicago?</p>
<p>So UChicago has been sending me these thick envelopes every 2 weeks for a little while now. A few questions: Why? I mean I’m smart, but I’m not valedictorian or anything. I didnt even mark to receive info from schools on my ACT. I know this school is for the best of the best and even beats out a few ivies in admissions statistics. My course difficulty is pretty high, but I only have like a 3.9 UW. My extra curriculars are probably a little above average, but nothing all that special or standout.
Also if I was even to apply here and by some miracle get in, what’s the scholarship scenario? In all the packets they make it out to seem that everyone can get a ton of money. My family is upper middle class, so we wouldn’t get any financial aid, but we don’t have enough money to pay tuition.
What gives? Why would a school that produces a large chunk of nobel laureates send me information?</p>
<p>P.S. I thought that elite schools didn’t send out information?</p>
<p>Shiyayo: Currently, the food is good. First year, I enjoyed it. This year things are getting really repetitive and I’m excited about cooking a larger variety of food next year (I’m moving off-campus). They are (likely) changing food providers which will (hopefully) make the dining halls even better.</p>
<p>rcs1113: UChicago has been making a huge push in terms of advertising over the past couple years. If interested, you may consider applying. As for scholarships, they have a few available based on merit at full tuition, 10K and 5K (I believe those are the ones they give out…?).</p>
<p>rcs1113: You should receive some sort of aid if you’re genuinely unable to pay tuition. And why wouldn’t elite schools send out information?</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. I thought elite schools don’t send out information because they sort of want you to find them, not vice-a-versa. Like ivies for example don’t send out information besides emails I believe.
And does Uchicago use fasfa to do aid? Because the reason my family isn’t able to pay for it is because fasfa counts properties as money. So because our family owns a ton of rental houses, apartments, commercial buildings and plazas the fasfa form makes us out to be extremely wealthy when if fact almost all of my parents income goes directly into real estate, land, things of that matter.</p>
<p>Chicago’s primary source for calculating your need will be the CSS profile.</p>
<p>I have heard talks of U of C changing to ED next year. Are these rumors true, or are they unfounded?</p>
<p>My S got plenty of mailings from Ivies, including a paper application form from Harvard. </p>
<p>Financial need calculations do and should take assets into account. Sorry to be so blunt, but a family who owns “a ton of rental houses, apartments, commercial buildings and plazas”, can afford to pay for their kid’s education. If they prefer to own these things rather than pay for college, that is their choice, but others shouldn’t be expected to subsidize that choice.</p>
<p>Nik, I’m not sure where you’ve heard these rumors, but UChicago is certainly not changing to ED next year.</p>
<p>I was reading a thread on a different website. Just curious.</p>