<p>OK. I have a 0 EFC, make less than 20k a year and guess what? They give me 45k when COA (adding an extra 3k for other expenses) is 56k. So I guess they want me to take out 16k in loans(5.5k in loans is already included in the package). I now see why these forums stay empty. But w/e. even if they gave me 65k, I still wouldn't go.</p>
<p>bf= are you talking 16k in loans per yr with an EFC of 0?</p>
<p>It’s still a lot of money, but isn 56K minus 45K equal to 11K?</p>
<p>^The 45K in aid included the usual 5.5K in loans. So 5.5K in student loans + 11K in borrowing to make up the gap = 16.5K/yr. in debt.</p>
<p>I hesitate to use the word “sucks” about somebody offering us fairly large discounts, but it’s true that the bottom line for us at Wheaton was the highest of any of the colleges our son got into. And since it wasn’t his first choice anyway, that made it pretty easy to cross them off.</p>