<p>I saw a couple of fellow CCers who had this problem, too.</p>
<p>Our EFC was ~$5000, which Vanderbilt met to the dollar. For Emory, I was a Questbridge applicant. . .they offered me $28,000 (loans included), $20,000 less than Vanderbilt. What the heck?</p>
<p>Do you think that they will offer more money if you send in another school's better aid package?</p>
<p>Probably. Call them tomorrow and explain your situation. They may be able to give you additional aid.</p>
<p>I'm thinking the same thing. I'm a georgia resident, so I'm qualified for the HOPE scholarship. So emory decides to go ahead and use that to meet my EFC. What kind of crap is that? They meet the efc of those outside of the state w/o it and now they're basically taking 3000 away from my possible grants?</p>
<p>mine suck... my parents have to pay for my tuition...which is almost half of their income..</p>
<p>Calvin-
Thats the way it works. If you qualify for the HOPE they will subtract that from your other scholarship $. Otherwise it could end up as getting more in scholarship $ than the cost of the school, and they don't let ya make a profit going to school! "Other" or "outside" scholarships are typically (almost always) subtracted for the school's FA offer.</p>
<p>^^That's true. It's rare for a school not to subtract outside scholarships. Sometimes it's not worth it to apply to a bunch of small scholarships for that reason.</p>
<p>Oh, my son was accepted at Emory but won't be attending. We knew we wouldn't qualify for need-based aid, so when he was not an Emory Scholars semi-finalist we also knew Emory was a longshot. His award was $2000 in work-study and a nonsubsidized Stafford loan. That's all.</p>
<p>Not surprising. Schools like Emory will be desperate for students in mid to late May when large numbers of their RD have turned them down. My guess is that is the time to demand aid. They will have it give, but won't do so willingly.</p>
<p>Yeah Emory's financial aid is awful. I got 15k less in grant money than Duke, and 2k more per year in loans.</p>