<p>I was admitted at CMU but have not received financial aid results, yet. Has anyone run into this problem? What is the average financial aid award at Carnegie this year?</p>
<p>Have you submitted all your financial aid documents?</p>
<p>The FAFSA, CSS Profile, Tax Return, etc?</p>
<p>Not so great apparently. Ordinarily they match similar schools; e.g. cornell, RPI, but this year, they are not doing that so much. My son is getting more from RPI, and hasnt’ decided yet, but CMU doesn’t really care. </p>
<p>Times have changed. Many schools (I suspect CMU is one and I am absolutely convinced on others) are filling up (if they can) on slightly lower profile kids with $60K to send in. There’s another kid in my son’s class, who is one of the top 5-10 students in CT and he was rejected at all Ivy’s but Harvard. What a joke, right? No; it’s often just a matter of $ right now.</p>
<p>It is offensive to assume that the kids that are getting in to CMU are “slightly lower profile kids with $60K to send in”. The reality is that we do not really know what exactly got that kid in vs. another kid. Full disclosure- my kid will be full pay at CMU. I am sorry that your kid will possibly be unable to attend but that does not make my kid a “lower profile kid”.</p>
<p>@goingnutsmom: He’s not saying that all full pay kids are lower profile, he’s just saying that some full pay kids may have been given a slight competitive advantage since they can pay full sticker. Many of the full pay students are smarter than the non-pay, but some are not. The poster is not singling your kid out. Also, I’m a full pay student, and quite frankly, it’s smart of an admissions office to admit more students who can pay. Colleges are businesses, so they must make enough to cover expenses.</p>
<p>Sure, I get that. Of course I know that the poster is not singling my kid out but there is a generalization that definitely was conveyed in the statement and we could all be a little more courteous/judicious in our wording on CC.</p>
<p>very interesting</p>