<p>Did Northwestern meet you EFC (estimated family contribution)? how much of your financial aid is in loans?</p>
<p>NU did great for me...i only had about $4000 in loans...and 1500 of that got taken away with an outside scholarship</p>
<p>northwestern met my efc and left my family with only about 1000 to pay with 3000 in loans in 2000 in workstudy. i got enough outside scholarships to cover the loan/workstudy so now i am basically going for free. :)</p>
<p>yay thats inspirational...my efc is around $13,000, but my parents are willing to pay $20,000 a year for college, so they'll pay my loans if it adds up to less than $20000</p>