<p>Hey! i was wondering how good/bad fin aid is at stanford. the 2010 forum seemed like a good place to ask this question since most of you have already received your packages. if it helps at all, i fall in the 80k income bracket and have a younger sibling who will soon also be in college. i should note that 45k year for stanford would really strain my family.</p>
<p>My family is roughly in that bracket as well. Fortunately, Stanford's finaid is pretty generous. My initial finaid estimate was pretty nice, more than half the cost of attendance, and I think my final award will actually be higher based on our FAFSA results. I think Stanford is pretty generous generally with finaid.</p>
<p>thanks for answering XRedComet. thats really good news. i'm from the west coast so it'll be hard to convince mes parents to "let me go" to cali</p>
<p>ditto here. my package was pretty awesome, and you always have to factor in the calgrant stuff too. ideally, stanford gives anyone under 20K/yr a free ride, or at least close to. and they do that thing where if your parents aren't together, they'll make the absent one pay too, so it's pretty sweet.
but i think i would go even if they wanted like 30K outta me. some thing are worth more than money.</p>
<p>i suppose...i would prefer grad school over undergrad at stanford so the money does matter for me</p>
<p>gah, how do you check your package? i can't find anything...</p>