<p>I was accepted. Unfortunately the nightmare I have voiced since being on this site has come true. I am getting no financial aid, basically I now have no chance of going. I don't know the difference between the way my parents calculates and the way Yale does but there is a difference of $30,000. It's weird how the best news I could get came coupled with the worst. I hope I'm the only one who has to cry over being accepted.</p>
<p>Talk to the financial aid people. If you were accepted EA, that means Yale really wants you and you can probably get more money out of them. Have your parents work with a financial aid officer over the phone to go over what the differences in your calculations might be. Regardless of what happens, try again after RD, when you have other aid offers in hand, Yale might change their mind and give you more money. Also, there are tons of outside scholarships you can get. Look for some. You have a lot of time between now and May 1st.</p>
<p>Thnx studyless</p>
<p>you really **** me off. :p</p>
<p>I know, sorry you got deferred</p>
<p>Hey</p>
<p>Based on what you said before, it seems that your parents have their reasons for not helping out, but maybe you could talk to them or get an adult to talk to them about this. Then, you could take other steps like calling your regional admissions officer or FA representative. Also, there are great scholarships available! I got a bunch of money in aid by writing a lot of essays for scholarships. Don't give up.</p>
<p>Considering ur name I'm not sure I should be listening to you :)</p>
<p>BTW its not that don;t want to give, its that they can't both of them are the main bread winners in their respective households.</p>
<p>I'm in a similar situation SEW. My parents can pay for Yale, but doing so would involve a major lifestyle change (involving selling our house, a car, etc) which isn't exactly realistic. It's kind of sad that acceptance to your dream school is only the first hurdle to going to that school.</p>
<p>We'll just have to hope I guess</p>
<p>Yeah...there's only so much you can cover with loans.</p>
<p>It's times like these that make me glad my dad only makes $66k and has 7 kids... (my mom stays at home)</p>
<p>And definitely, look for scholarships! See how much you can cover between that & work & work study and then whether your future job gives any hope for paying off loans on the rest.</p>
<p>The thing is Yale is definately my #1 but I don't think its fair to make my parents cosign huge loans when there are other colleges giving me nearly full rides. I'll just have to wait maybe they'll be a miracle.</p>
<p>I can see what you mean SEWcurious. My parents can afford to pay, but then again, they'll most likely have to pay for medical school, and to get my two younger siblings through college too. I don't want to put any burden on them because I'd like to know that my parents didn't have to bust their butts to pay my college tuition and also because there is a possibility I can receive full-rides to local schools. Tough dilemma, huh?</p>
<p>Hey sewcurious...</p>
<p>haha, i think you just emailed me a couple hours ago to say congrats and stuff. i didn't realize that you were both on here and the yale website. mm i have to say i'm so sorry bout your situation.. i didn't realize it talking to you on AIM. hope things work out for you and i'll talk to you soon...</p>
<p>see you around!</p>
<p>go into debt. a yale degree is worth $100K worth of debt.</p>
<p>amnesia, i disagree. nothing (except maybe a house) is worth that much debt. you can get a great education anywhere, even (gasp) at a community college. they have honors programs too. jk about the community college, but i'm sure there are plenty of schools that will give you full rides (hello, you got into yale). $100K is a lot of money. do you want to pay your debts for the rest of your life so you can go to a #3 school for four years, or would a #25 for free suffice?</p>
<p>yikes, that is a tough situation. i would search everywhere for scholarships. im sure if you explain your situation to the right person, you can find some money. (not that this is realistic, but i know a certain kid in our school whose parents offered to pay for another kid's education, well at least help out. they were rich and helped this kid pay for his ivy education just because they were really nice.)</p>
<p>thanks for all the input everyone</p>
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<p>go into debt. a yale degree is worth $100K worth of debt.</p>
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<p>I definitely would not do this. If you have the $100k, spending it on education is more than worth it, but going that far into debt is an entirely different story. You don't want to start your life, much less graduate school, with that kind of burden. Find another way to get to Yale or accept one of those full rides.</p>
<p>"I know a certain kid in our school whose parents offered to pay for another kid's education...well at least help out...just because they were really nice." Shark_bite, care to introduce me to them sometime?! :)</p>