<p>In case anyone else has been waiting, my son (oos) got his financial aid news by mail today, and it also got posted online (myunh).</p>
<p>thanks so much for posting this info! Any thoughts on how UNH compares with UVM? My student also got good offers from both schools....and we really cannot visit.....</p>
<p>Both are wonderful schools and they have a lot in common, but they also have different personalities. UVM is in a small, vibrant city, but it is a long ways from anywhere. UNH is in a beautiful college town, but it is only 20 minutes from Boston and an hour from Boston. Both have good academics. UNH has football and better fall weekends. Since UVM joined Hockey East, their hockey rivalry has been growing. Both have gorgeous campuses.</p>
<p>UVM is in a higher tier than UNH.</p>
<p>Higher tier by whose ranking, chris2k5?</p>
<p>I was just recently accepted and aid will decide whether or not I can attend. How did his aid package compare to other schools?</p>
<p>illinimom, both schools are comparable location wise (besides UNH being much closer to a major city than UVM) and probably price wise as well, but it really matters what you will be studying. UNH has a much much better business program than UVM, but UVM’s bio program is supposed to be phenomenal. the “tier” each school is on really depends on what program you go into.</p>
<p>UNH and UVM had very similar aid offers, and UConn was a little lower. All had about the same in loans (at or near max in Staffords), but UConn had less in grant/scholarship and work-study. Northeastern’s was comparable to the higher ones (including a $10K/yr scholarship for four years), but it costs a lot more. UMass (our State school) had just loans, but costs a lot less. I recently saw a very interesting article that claimed schools look at your FAFSA list to see what their competition is when deciding how much to offer. Lots of gamesmanship involved. What I’d like to know is how likely they are to give you the same grant next year.</p>