<p>So has anyone received word about financial aid for the early regular admits? I was under the impression that I would be hearing from them soon...but so far no word from that department.</p>
<p>Has anyone gotten a package yet? Or does anyone know when we can expect them?</p>
<p>Nope. I thought I would receive one soon as well, but no luck.</p>
<p>I have not received one either; I believe I'm going to call the FAO within the next few days, because money is definitely a huge determinant in my admission into Mac.</p>
<p>Same. I hope they don't wait to send them out with the rest of the RD aid packages.</p>
<p>Same for me!! However, a Mac student called my house after the acceptance to congratulate me, and I asked. She said on their little cheat sheet that you're supposed to receive your offer about a week after your financial aid application is complete, but if you've been waiting for a while, it's ok to call.</p>
<p>Nevermind, i totally got it in the mail today. The letter is dated Mar. 7.</p>
<p>Yay! Now I'm super anxious to get my mail tomorrow. This is way more important than acceptance...</p>
<p>I won't get mine for a while..</p>
<p>Macalester has YET to receive all of my forms from IDOC. </p>
<p>I hate IDOC.</p>
<p>Just a heads up, financial aid is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>i got like twice as much as i was expecting to get, which is great because now i can hopefully actually afford to go.</p>
<p>Razalman, I'm a bit jealous of you knowing your financial aid package already :] </p>
<p>Macalester is like..in my top three easily. If I were to get adequate aid..oh boy..my little heart would join a circus and perform a ribbon dance.</p>
<p>DefferredVictim: Did you check the IDOC website to make sure everything's turned in right? Sorry IDOC seems to be taking a dump on you.</p>
<p>Razalman: Double?! Now I'm excited. I can only visit if I get a good aid package, so that would be AWESOME! Congrats!</p>
<p>Well I was EXTREMELY intelligent and sent all of my forms to them on 2/28! </p>
<p>I called today and they proceeded to tell me that they literally received thousands of forms that weekend, so it's taking double time to receive and process my forms. </p>
<p>I know that Mac will evaluate all the stuff and give me the same aid package I would receive regardless of when I sent it, but the wait is killer. </p>
<p>You were so right; this is WAY more anxiety ridden than the acceptance.</p>
<p>Haha, well I'm sure everything will work out for you. Columbia still hasn't processed my forms that I sent in the middle of February and they don't even use IDOC! Frustrating...</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>Well, i was projecting low on purpose because 1.) i always do that and 2.) i hate to be let down, but yeah, i was not at all expecting as much money as i got (although granted, some of it is in loans)</p>
<p>My letter came today! Yeah, definitely a lot more than I had expected. Hopefully it will be enough for my parents to let me do an overnight. Are any of you guys going to one of them?</p>
<p>yeah! I'll be there april 2-3.</p>
<p>I can't go to either because of Choir related conflicts and Prom, which sucks...</p>
<p>so for those who received more finaid than expected - did they actually give you even more than what you expected based on your FAFSA EFC? Like say yor FAFSA had an EFC of 30K or something - did they give you more finaid than just approx 15-20K to cover the rest so that they took care of some of your EFC too? - because that would be a dream come true. My EFC is middle of the road-ish, but it's still just too much for my family to afford. Now I'm really excited/nervous to hear back!</p>
<p>I haven't received my finaid yet, and got in early.</p>
<p>I submitted the news of my mom's job loss though, shortly after my admission, and I suppose they're considering that, which I really appreciate.</p>
<p>got my finaid today - doesn't look like enough for my family - I just think the EFC set by the FAFSA is so outrageous - like I can afford only a little over 1/2 of what the EFC expects - it's not Mac's fault - it's the system's. looks like one more middle classer screwed out of a chance for a top private LAC education. :(</p>
<p>Mac is really nice - i actually was sent 3 separate letters: one with finaid data, one with a letter to me, and one with a letter to my parents - Macalester is definitely the best school in terms of applicant relations - no other school has done so much.</p>