<p>After getting my financial package and realizing that extremely large loans will be the only way for me to attend, I was wondering how the rest of the middle class is planning on paying or currently paying for their education at cornell. Any advice on how to get more money out of the fin aid office and do they actually change anything when u appeal.</p>
<p>i want to know too! well....my parents went to some kind of college financial advisor thingey. I don't know what it does though.</p>
<p>How much are we talking about? I avg. $8000/yr in loans during my time at Cornell and am having no trouble paying them off on a $25,000/yr salary.</p>
<p>norcalguy--do you live in Northern CA, like Silicon Valley? I can't imagine living around here and paying off that kind of debt on a $25,000 annual salary.</p>
<p>I live in a nice DC suburb.</p>
<p>If you have a convincing appeal, they might give you a little more grant, but most likely more loans. In my opinion, the crazy loans are worth it when you get that Cornell degree and decent job in the end.</p>
<p>I'm averaging about $13,000 in loans a year. Worst case scenario if I don't get a good job: I'll be paying around $440 a month for 10 years. That's not too bad, depending on the loans I'll rack up in grad/professional school.</p>
<p>$8,000??? how much grants did u guys get? I only received $15,000 in grants and it just seems a waste to take a $30,000+ loan (not sure how much scholarship money i will end up having)</p>