<p>Hello all. I’m an RD applicant for BU and I recently got accepted just last Friday. Elated as I was with the decision, the FA package concerned me. </p>
<p>I received a tentative $40,500 award from BU, which I must admit compared to other people is quite generous. However from most of the websites I visit, it seems that the average cost is ~$55,000 to $60,000, meaning that my family would have to contribute $15-20k each year. </p>
<p>My EFC was calculated to be approximately $8k and having a younger brother who attends a private high school for $20k, another 20k mortgage, and extraneous living costs, I do not wish to become an additional financial burden to my parents. </p>
<p>So what do you guys think? My parent’s disposal income is around $15-16k. :/</p>
<p>i have a slightly similar situation. My BU financial package is just enough so that my parents have the money to pay for it, but it is so much to pay that they will be spending a Lot of their savings, and I have a little sibling who plans to go to college too. </p>
<p>i dont know what to do either. i mean, i dont wanna look back and regret not going to BU, but i dont wanna be at BU and say, i could have gone to a cheaper in state school and gotten the same experience?</p>
<p>Are you asking whether the FA decision was fair or are you asking whether you should attend or not? If you don’t want to be a financial burden to your family the answer is simply not to attend.</p>
<p>I simply want a second opinion on my situation, unbiased not only from myself, but also my parent’s inclination for me to attend BU. Focused on attending medical school, is it reasonable to graduate with $50-60k in loans?</p>
<p>What I’m wondering is that would offered scholarships to accepted students who later do not wish to enroll be then used to help enrolling students who really need the aid? I know it has to be calculated and predicted, but in a student who wasn’t going to enroll but received an offer for aid vs. student who was but received no aid situation, wouldn’t it be logical to then offer aid to the student who was to enroll after the non-enrolling student declined?</p>
<p>I for one have not gotten any aid whatsoever from BU, even though I’m qualified (by BU’s financial aid chart) to at least get some aid. There’s always the appeal option, but that wouldn’t be of much help (only a few thousand I’m guessing). I really want to go to BU, but if there’s no aid, there’s no way I can attend. : (</p>
<p>I suggest you call the financial aid office. Let them know you are very interested in coming to BU but your family cannot pay that much per year. Ask if they could offer a little more …maybe you can let them know if you got a better offer somewhere else and you would like them to match that amount. Hey it really doesn’t hurt to try!! My daughter just accepted their offer. Congratulations and good luck…now pick that phone up and make that call.</p>
<p>Thanks, friendlyelse. I’ll probably be emailing them tomorrow morning (since I’d only be able to call after their closing hours). Hopefully emailing will be just as effective?</p>