<p>Could any current students with 100k-125k income tell me what their Pomona financial aid packages looked like?</p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Go here: Pomona</a> College</p>
<p>Since Pomona has eliminated loans, your financial aid package would be comprised of a grant and possibly work-study.</p>
<p>So, this is a little late. My family's income is somewhere in that area, but we also have some special circumstances in terms of other things we need to fund. Here's the breakdown:</p>
<p>Originally they offered me 10K gift aid. My parents literally called financial aid and negotiated. It got raised to 20K gift.
I have $1800 work study.
Additionally, they offered me a 10K loan, interest free for 10 years outside of the 21800 above, which is demonstrated need.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if most people get such generous packages, but you have to give financial aid a call and talk to them if you don't get the results you like at first. Generally, they're very understanding and eager to find a way to make Pomona affordable. It can't hurt and in my case it helped a lot!</p>
<p>Word to the wise, any scholarships you get are taken out of your work study (until that is gone) and then from your gift aid. Basically, if you have 2K in scholarships and you're getting financial aid, it's pointless to keep applying for outside scholarships.</p>
<p>Depends on a number of factors (# of kids, amount saved, assets that the student themselves holds rather than the parents*, etc) but it's not irregular to have an EFC well under 20k in that range.</p>
<p>*Tip for ANYONE applying for financial aid: If your parents have created a fund for your college tuition, it's best to keep it in THEIR name, as you (the student) are expected to contribute a higher proportion of your own assets than the proportion which is assigned to your parents.</p>