<p>For those who are/will be attending BC this year, how is your financial aid package? Was it what you expected it to be? more or less? And if you applied EA when did you receive your package?</p>
<p>I’ve heard from various people that BC does not give good aid and I wanted to check this before going through the process.</p>
<p>BC gave me as much money as the other schools I was accepted to...it was as expected.</p>
<p>BC gives basically no aid. They have the same policy in place as Ivy League schools, all a part of their attempt to recreate that ivy prestige, and so there are no merit based scholarships, aside from 15 scholarships which I believe cover full tuition, but you must apply EA, and be one of the best 15 students in the entire applicant pool to be given this scholarship. Then there is need based aid, which once again, unless your parent(s) make less than $100,000 the money BC gives will be little to nothing. With that said, hopefully money will not stop you from looking at BC. Despite the dissappointing money situation, I chose BC because it is a great school, great academics and great environment.</p>
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<p>ditto.
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<p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the OP meant need-based. As far as that goes, I'm definitely no expert, I'm in the same boat as yourself, but BC meets 100% of demonstrated need, so it WILL be covered, just the combination of loans or grants might make or break your decision.</p>
<p>BC's financial aids program is a mix bag. It gives financial aids to some and nada to others. It puts high emphasis on assets (i.e. stocks, saving, real estate holdings, etc), perhaps as much as parental incomes. Some students whose parents make less than $100,000 of combined incomes get nothing because they happen to have an expensive home. Others get a full ride. My estimate is that less than 10% of BC students get incredible financial aids. (The estimation comes from the fact that only 11% of BC students qualify for the Pell Grant, an indicator of great financial needs). The rule of thumb is that if your family has a lot of assets, regardless of their liquidity, chances are you won't be getting a lot of financial aids.</p>
<p>i got a full ride from bc and they are paying for school related expenses like a laptop.... so for me they were really, really generous</p>
<p>They have roughly the same need based aid as other schools in their price range, we received nearly the same need based offer from Cornell, BC, Northeastern, Holy Cross. Some Ivies are better and have caps. If your family income is over $100,000 expect little aid, under $50,000 with few assets then expect generous aid. BC does figure in your family assets (vehicles, savings, boats, second homes) more than most other schools. </p>
<p>BC has effectively no academic merit aid, but do offer athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>I know a lot of kids who are at BC. Most got comparable aid packages from BC if eligible for financial aid, but nothing terrific. Nothing like the top aid policies at Harvard, I can tell you. But not stingy either. Very little in terms of merit money. I believe only 25 kids get merit money each freshman year. There are athletic scholarships but the school is D1 and not all sports are funded, so it would depend on your sport. You would have to be a high level athlete to be considered for money, because of the D1 status.</p>