<p>PrincetonReview ranks Emerson #9 for Students Dissatisfied with Financial Aid. I'm wondering how lousy financial aid really is at Emerson.</p>
<p>My D got excellent financial aid from Emerson, but I am pretty sure her stats put her at the high end of most applicants. At the parents table for the accepted students lunch most of the financial aid talk was not favorable though. Unlike us, hey seemed to think Emerson's aid was not generous.</p>
<p>It would depend on whether or not you receive need based, or merit aid. It sounds like lilybelle received merit aid, which has nothing to do with financial need. There is a standard formula to determine how much need based aid is given. We received almost identical offers of aid from the 4 schools my d applied to, so I would say Emerson just follows the standard.</p>
<p>I don't think so. Our financial aid offers were all over the place! Only one other was as generous as Emerson's. It seemed the harder the school is to get in to, the less the financial aid. Her aid was need based, our EFC was 0!</p>