<p>Did U of Chicago meet your EFC (estimated family contribution)? How much of your financial aid packages were in loans?</p>
<p>copy & paste: (from another forum)</p>
<p>Schools that meet 100% of need + (average first year loan amount /average yearly loan for all undergrads)</p>
<p>US News top 50 National Universities:</p>
<p>Harvard University (MA) ($2489 $2,377)
Princeton University (NJ) ($0 $0)
Yale University (CT) ($1,447 $2,410)
University of Pennsylvania ($3,143 $4,049)
Duke University (NC) ($3,700 $5,009)
Stanford University (CA) ($2,675 $2,860)
California Tech ($1,798 $1,318)
Mass Inst. of Technology ($3,321 $3,897)
Columbia (NY) ($3,465 $4930)
Dartmouth College (NH) ($3,168 $4,318)
Northwestern University (IL) ($2,424 $4,148)
Cornell University (NY) ($10,400 $8,157)
U. of Chicago (IL) ($4,474 $5,484)
Rice University (TX) ($2,532 $3,069)
Univ of Notre Dame (IN) ($3,603 $5,278)
Emory University (GA) ($3,129 $4,890)
Georgetown University (DC) ($2,010 $3,634)
University of Virginia* ($3,771 $4,395)
Tufts University (MA) ($2,911 $4,219)
Boston College (MA) ($3,707 $4,721)</p>
<p>UChicago is in there.</p>
<p>Chicago gave me more money than I could have dreamed. The only way I would have gotten more is if I was a USC football recruit.</p>
<p>Chicago met ours - reasonable grant/loan distribution, no gapping.</p>