Financial Aid for EA admitted students

Colleges and Universities A-Z Villanova University
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<p>thanks! meh, i got 13.5k per year in grants :confused: Nova is my number 1 choice, but I need more money to go there!</p>

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<p>My son is a freshman at Nova and his financial aid package was okay, but you have to realize Nova can fill the seats without giving large packages! My son was offered a 100% free ride at a lesser engineering school, but turned it down for VU.</p>

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<p>I donā€™t think I was clear. What I meant to say is that lower rated schools give larger awards to attract better caliber students because they have to.</p>

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<p>Iā€™m sorry but Villanova is just not that great of a school to warrant the type of tuition they charge. If they can get students and their families to pay the price then is has to be an emotional decision not one based on reason. To pass up a full ride to anywhere seems a little ludicrous to me.</p>

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<p>@puppylove14 - you can make those comments about virtually any college. With most now charging from the mid-50s to even the low 60s, no BA from a private college is worth $220,000 - 245,000 compared to a full ride at another college whether it is second tier or not. It is immaterial if it is Villanova.</p>

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The Villanova Grant listed on your FA award letter is need-based aid and will be reassessed/recalculated each year based on FAFSA, CSS Profile and IDOC submissions. This is not guaranteed merit aid and can change as your familyā€™s financial situation changes.</p>

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<p>puppylove14, as ludicrous as it sounds to turn down a full ride, there is much more to choosing a school than money or other peoples perception of a school. The free ride was at a state school with a supposedly good engineering dept. The school was in the middle of nowhere and the academics didnā€™t seem anywhere near as good as Villanova (or any of the other schools my son was accepted onto). I donā€™t think he would have been challenged or stimulated there. In fact he would have been bored out of his mind!
The financial aid packages offered from the other private schools he applied to were all very similiar. If I really couldnā€™t afford a better school I would have sent him to the freebie.
It was really just a safety school for him.</p>