<p>Dan, are you rich?</p>
<p>King...is the community scholars thing needbased?</p>
<p>Nope, I'm not rich. We live "comfortably" I guess, but we certainly can't foot the bill of three college educations concurrently. One would be OK, two would certainly be stretching it, but three would be essentially impossible.</p>
<p>But if I really wanted to, I'm sure we'd find some way to make it work. :)</p>
<p>I turned my stuff in late (thanks dad, damn that Non Custodial Profile crap), so I haven't gotten mine yet...Hoping that they give us something, as I have two brothers in four years, no savings, and my dad's been unemployed for two years..but my mom's income is too outrageous, and the value of our house has ballooned over the last eight years, so I'm thinking no dice for me.</p>
<p>Hey guys, thanks for your responses. I know from the outside it looks very clear cut, but Georgetown is by far my # 1 for a ton of reasons. I'm a Government major, and even though Mich is great, you simply can't top govt at Gtown. Plus, I don't know how to quantify the opportunity to have internships on the hill yearround. </p>
<p>And after that, I LOVE DC so much!</p>
<p>Still, the money is pretty ridiculous. From that standpoint, it's no contest, it's just that money is only 1 factor. The money's doable, but it would be great to save the 80K for grad school...I'm still vacillating back and forth, plus I'm waiting on 3 Ivies.</p>
<p>oops</p>
<p>Now that I look over the letter completely, I see that this Community Schoalars thing is for first-generation students only.</p>
<p>Did anyone else get the John Carroll Scholars FinAid award thingy? Is it a special kind of scholarship?</p>
<p>netshark - I know exactly how you feel. I was offered a four year full ride to Lewis and Clark College, which also has a good ir program, but nothing like SFS. I would rather go to Gtown so badly, I have fallen in love with it, but I don't know if I can do this to my family. I mean, like people have been saying, turning down a full ride is kinda crazy. I hate that no matter how hard I've worked to get into this college - I might not be able to go because tuition is too high. My father is a teacher, my mother a subs. teacher, and our EFC is 22000, its ridiculous. </p>
<p>I think I'm just going to call the fin aid office and beg pitifully.</p>
<p>wow, looks like we're in the same boat. Is that what Gtown wants you to pay, 22K?</p>
<p>i got my acceptance today but no signs of finaid anywhere!!! what da hell??? I dont even know if my finaid file is complete.</p>
<p>I dont think i can go unless i get SOME help....
this is soo depressing....
but like you, netshark i'm also waiting for 3 Ivies....</p>
<p>Community Scholars is a special program created for students of color at Georgetown who are identified as having particular needs during the admissions process. Scholars begin their Gtown education during the summer and are supported through the Center for Minority Educational Affairs throughout their freshman year.
John Carroll Scholars is a special program that is merit based and affords incoming freshmen with special research opportunities during their time at Gtown. It's an excellent opportunity and if you got in through the admissions process you should definitely be proud! Freshmen will be given the opportunity to apply for the program during their freshmen year, if they choose.
Overall, Gtown financial aid has its ups and downs. the University plans it so that NO student should leave with more $20,000 in loans, though this assumes their EFC which sometimes can be very different from FAFSA. It definitely helps if you have a sibling in college, but don't lie about that. They require you to fill out verification forms your freshman year (my brother had to go to his university registrars office and have them fill out a bunch of information).
Bottom line though is carefully plan through your undergraduate education. If you plan on doing law school or some other graduate school, money should DEFINITELY be a primary concern. You can always go to Gtown for graduate school...and you'll most likely just be adding to whatever debt you've already accumulated. I, for example, am pondering several graduate schools that would all require me to take out heavy loans. If I hadn't thought about money for undergrad, I'd be having some serious problems right now. But thanks to some good planning between me and my parents, it's all working out. :-)</p>