Did you indicate on your FAFSA that you would be interested in work study?
Can you list all the aid you received and tuition, fees, room and board costs for UNH?
UNH tuition: $28,210, fees: $3,214, room: $6,820, meal: $4,518.
Aid:
Federal Pell Grant $5,815
Federal SEOG $2,250
UNH Non-Resident Tuition Grant $12,000
Federal Perkins Loan $2,000
Dean’s Scholarship $6,000
University Opportunity Scholarship $4,000
Federal Work Study $2,500
Direct Subsidized Loan $3,500
Direct Unsubsidized Loan $2,000
@mommdc @austinmshauri
That is an excellent package. $42762 in billed costs, $30065 in grants leaving $12697 for you to cover in direct billed costs. You have $7500 in loans available to you. You’ll have to come up with $5200 to cover the rest of your direct costs. You can do that with summer work, with your work study (although you will need some of that just for everyday living). You might also get more in Direct loans if your mother applies for a Plus loan and is rejected.
You are very close to making this work.
That’s a good package for UNH.
UHN Honors doesn’t have extra requirements - you can take your gen eds in special Honors classes that are small and interactive, instead of in lecture halls. There are various perks you can look up by typing “UNH honors program” into your browser.
I second emailing Admissions (see process below), indicating your stats, examples of your motivation for reading and learning, and indicating UNH would be your top choice except you’ve been admitted to UMass Commonwealth Honors, and are wondering whether you could be considered for Honors at UNH.
From the UNH website:
Your parents might also be able to claim an American Opportunity Tax credit of up to $2500 next year
HEr mother is probably NOT going to get the AOTC. If her EFC is $0, she may not have that big a tax liability, so that would bring it down to $1000, and it looks like most of her tuition will be covered by scholarships.
It is not something she should count on.
@MYOS1634 I had already called and told them my stats and about CHC from UMass. All they said was I could apply after my first semester or year I think. I don’t remember exactly, but it basically was a “no, you don’t meet the requirements right now”. My ACT was a 28 so I was extremely close.
My daughter is animal science/ pre vet at UCONN…she did an equine management summer program at umass…many kids she met there ended up at UNH. My daughter might have even gone there but for the distance( we are in NJ). It’s a great school…getting into honors is not worth $80,000. My daughter did not get into honors at UCONN when she was admitted but was able to apply to get in as a freshman. If the costs were similar I would say don’t let $ be the deciding factor…but you don’t want to be drowning in debt before vet school.
You can call again. State
"my act is 28, I’m top 10% of my class, I’ve taken… (20) honors or AP classes in high school and I wish to be considered for the honors college. That’s the only thing holding me back from enrolling so could you review my application ? "
Obviously give the correct number after adding all weighted classes taken during high school, and hopefully you ARE top 10%.
Honors College is not a reason to go massively in debt. You can take “honors” colleges at any college. Plus UNH is a very good university and the equal of those universities who want you to take large loans. My advice is to minimise your debt. Go with UNH. You can always transfer for your junior and senior year if you want to.
^in case I was not clear, I was talking about calling unh.