<p>so financial aid information wasn't included with the lovely silver envelope (still can't believe it). When do we get our fin aid packages?</p>
<p>My son was admitted RD and it wasn't very long after he got his acceptance, but I'm guessing yours will be a while since you probably haven't filed a FAFSA yet.</p>
<p>When my son was accepted EA 4 years ago (he'll be a senior at Caltech next year), his financial aid offer was in the acceptance package. But considering the current financial mess this country is in, perhaps Caltech has decided to wait to make offers as parents financial situation may change between now and May. It might be worth a call to Caltech to find out - I know for my son it was nice to know that we could afford Caltech so early in the process - then he do more other applications after December since Caltech was his first choice. Other schools he'd been accepted to EA or rolling admissions, including MIT, did not send their financial aid package until April or so.</p>