<p>In comparison Cornell is charging me $7,000 more than the rest of my schools, and this is only taking into account my Finanacial Aid. Why is Cornell so cheap in handing out its financial aid, I mean they have a $4 billion dollar endowment.</p>
<p>Which other colleges? I'm tempted to say it's because Cornell has more students, but I'm not really sure :</p>
<p>Take Princeton, for example. They have a $11.8 billion endowment for 4,635 undergraduates (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University)%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University)</a>, while Cornell has a $3.847 billion endowment for 13,625 undergraduates (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell)%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell)</a>.</p>
<p>haha or something like that?</p>
<p>Oh, these might also interest you:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Endowments%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Endowments</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_US_colleges_and_universities_by_endowment</a></p>
<p>yup, Cornell will not give you as much aid because they know you'll come anyways :P</p>
<p>I received $14000 in aid at my first college, and upon transferring to Cornell that fell to $8000</p>