<p>I'm considering transferring but the likelihood that I'll get decent financial aid is slim to none at a top 15 university.</p>
<p>Successful transfer students: did you guys receive sufficient financial aid after transferring or did you get like $2,000 (generally speaking)?</p>
<p>Basically, is financial aid drastically cut short for transfer students?</p>
<p>Basically, is financial aid drastically cut short for transfer students?
Yes. Financial aid is primarily set up to give incoming freshman the financial ability to matriculate at the college that has accepted them.</p>
<p>I know some schools are less generous with transfers (ie. Northwestern), but Cornell's policy is the exact same for transfers and freshman. It is the only way I can afford to attend. I am sure Cornell is not the only one; I am guessing the schools that are less generous to begin with, or that have smaller endowments are the ones that aren't as generous with transfers.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm currently at Georgetown University with 30K. If I transfer, that's great. But I don't want to go to another university (dammit, I was considering Northwestern!) and get shafted 20K. It wouldn't make sense to make my parents may much more when I could have been doing just fine with a boatload of money.</p>
<p>Actually...I was originally accepted to Northwestern and I was <em>this close</em> to going. I received about $8,500 each quarter, which was very good, too. How much will this change if I decideto transfer to Northwestern University?</p>
<p>Or Cornell? I hope they're a little more lenient with transfer students with regards to financial aid.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>.I was originally accepted to Northwestern and I was <em>this close</em> to going. I received about $8,500 each quarter, which was very good, too. How much will this change if I decideto transfer to Northwestern University?</p>
<p>you should contact the FA office at both Cornell and Northwestern and ask.</p>
<p>It varies with the school. While many schools do offer less to transfers, some treat them the same as freshmen. We are getting excellent FA from Yale.</p>
<p>entomom, is your son or daughter a transfer student to Yale University?</p>
<p>Yes, a soph transfer this fall.</p>
<p>From where if you don't mind answering?</p>
<p>A top public U.</p>
<p>i got screwed by washu. they gave me only $4000 of merit scholarship and $10k in loan, and my EFC is 0. i currently have a full ride a gwu.</p>
<p>Penn looks at Transfer students the same way as Freshman, so I can't complain.</p>