Boston College vs Georgetown?

@privatebanker We were impressed with so many choices in the core classes. I want one of them to take “your brain on theatre” (I believe that was it). Two unrelated courses with the professors and the discussions, team building, our group liked the idea. I told my sons I want to take these classes. Rutgers this Sat. and decisions are next!

I want to go back!

Thanks everyone for the insight, I’ll have to make my decision when financial aid is finalized. Hopefully they are both affordable.

Would I be notified if I was awarded any of these scholarships (https://finaid.georgetown.edu/financial-resources/undergrad-scholarships) with my financial aid award?

@lrose00 We received the Georgetown financial aid package on Saturday. It just said “Georgetown Scholarship” for part of the award. If you have not already contacted your individual financial aid POC, I would do so now to make sure that your package is in process. The financial aid POC was great, and told us when a decision has been made and when to expect it. There are listings by last name on the web site. My son is currently weighing Georgetown SFS and UVA. Will be headed to GAAP on 4/20. Decisions, decisions. Good luck.

Boston College… I visited both but ended up only applying to BC out of those too, I loved the vibe there and didn’t; quite feel it at Georgetown. Unfortunately, I will be going elsewhere do to cost lol but I wish you the best of luck and remember to use your brain, listen to your heart, and follow your gut. You will know which is the best one.

@VAMom23 They requested that I send some additional documents, but I was only able to do that a few days because I was away for Easter. Hopefully they’ve received them - I’ll contact my POC tomorrow to make sure.

if you used the NPC, did you find that the actual aid Gtown offered you was close to what the NPC said? Good luck to your son!

@lrose00 I’ll send you a PM.

Also. Check out two great videos on YouTube or if you google it. BC “Happy” and Shake it off. BC. The later Taylor Swift tweeted out to her 45 million followers. They are great and give a good look at some facilities the kids and some fun

@lrose00
Did financial aid work and did you make your decision?

@am9799 haven’t received my package yet. uploading documents through college board’s iDoc took about ten years to get to georgetown. I gave up on it and I’ve been emailing the office and they finally said yesterday that they received everything and will update my portal soon. my fingers are crossed lol.

I wasn’t able to make it to accepted students day, but if the package isn’t that great we’re going to go down next week and talk to the financial aid office in person. the net price calculator gave a really good number but I don’t know if it’ll be accurate or not

just received an update to my portal. They gave me 21k. It would be possible for me to go there if they gave me 10 or 15k more, if I took out a little bit in loans. Does anyone think going to the financial aid office in person and asking for more money would be successful?

My family has a unique financial situation and I explained that to my advisor in our emails but she didn’t seem sympathetic. With 3 kids in college next year my family needs a little bit more help from gtown than 21k …

Was the “3 kids in college” situation clear in the financial aid application?

@MYOS1634 pretty sure it was but even so I think it’s worth mentioning again, along with the costs of their colleges.

I think things were complicated by the fact that my dads construction work is considered a business even though he hasn’t been successful in the past two years and he’s been losing money. Also worth mentioning …

Is going in person more successful when asking for more money?

No, but you can go if you wish - you need to highlight information that wasn’t provided or that wasn’t clear. In particular, provide detailed information about your father’s business and it’s financial losses.

During how many of your 4 years of college will there be “3 kids in college”?

@moooop I have a twin so it will be at least two kids for all four years. My older sibling will be a senior in the fall, but is pursuing a nursing degree in a two year accelerated program after graduation that my parents will help with. I’m not sure if that counts

I have been discussing FA with Georgetown over the last few weeks. Siblings only count to reduce the EFC at Georgetown if they are enrolled in an undergrad program. Feel free to go in person, but I don’t get the idea that there is a lot of flexibility from the FA office. They have been responsive, but not budging. They advised us that they do not consider scholarships awarded from other universities. We received a good package, but year 4 is making it look impossible because my EFC will go up 40% (GU explained that they split the EFC between two kids as 60/40)