<p>What kind fo financial aid package have you received? This could be to the Class of 2010 students or to current G'Town students. I am just curious on what I should expect. Thanks!!</p>
<p>Has anyone received their financial aid packages yet? I heard they were sent out on Monday.</p>
<p>no i havent gotten mine yet, and my decision to attend gtown is really riding on how much aid they give me :(</p>
<p>me too.. i think they were sent out on monday.. so we should all be hearing very soon</p>
<p>Did anyone actually talk to the Fin. Aid office and were told they were sent out on monday?</p>
<p>Arrived here today. Huge parental contribution expected that we can't possibly pay.</p>
<p>Same here, elmers45. Hope the finaid package comes soon!</p>
<p>i got mine today. To be honest, the aid sucks! my parents have to pay $5,000 more than they can afford! ugggh. </p>
<p>I dont understand my package. What the hell is "student contribution from income?" I dont have a job? how can i possibly help pay for anything? can someone tell me what that means?</p>
<p>I'm so frustrated because my other colleges gave me superb aid, but not gtown, my dream school. My parents know I really want to go to gtown, and they are determined to find a means to pay, but I feel like i'm placing this huge burden on them. :(</p>
<p>You're very fortunate that it's only $5k short (try $25k short). Still, maybe the questions to ask are a) why is G'town your dream school? and b) what do you want to study? Perhaps one of the more generous schools has a better program in what you're interested in?</p>
<p>also think- this is a once in a lifetime oppurtunity, don't let 5K influence you to make a decision you will regret. There are some great student loans out there that I'm sure a Gtown education will make a breeze to pay off.</p>
<p>I know its a great opportunity. I feel like i worked very hard for four years. My parents are immigrants who only have the equivalent of a high school education, and I feel like i'm very very fortunate to be the only one in my family to get to go to college, especially a school like georgetown. </p>
<p>I applied to the school of Nursing and Health Studies as a nursing major, but I'm thinking of maybe switching to something else, like international health or human science. </p>
<p>I feel like i'm being selfish if i make my parents pay the amount gtown expects us to pay, although my other schools offered aid more or less along those same lines (slightly better than gtown tho) Then again, it's not everyday i get accepted into georgetown. </p>
<p>When you're parents are people who came from extremely humble beginnigs, you just feel like georgetown is too great an accomplishment and opportunity to turn down! Any thoughts?</p>
<p>i got my financial aid package, if you could even call it that.... i have to pay full tuition...... sooooo mad right now. I dont think they took seriously the fact that my parent is a single parent (and my father cannot fill out the non-custodial form) and also has to pay for my brother's college tuition at NYU (in full as well) AAAHH... that was my vent... I doubt it will stop me from going to gtown though</p>
<p>i can definitely relate...i didn't get any aid either, and i have 3 siblings...elmers45, my parents said the same thing...theyre willing to pay because gtown is my dream school as well but i hate putting them in that situation...oh well, im just going to have to get a great job and earn a lot of money so that i can help them out financially later on</p>
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I applied to the school of Nursing and Health Studies as a nursing major, but I'm thinking of maybe switching to something else, like international health or human science.</p>
<p>When you're parents are people who came from extremely humble beginnigs, you just feel like georgetown is too great an accomplishment and opportunity to turn down! Any thoughts?
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Yes. </p>
<p>a) If $5000/year really is the extent of the shortfall, it should be doable without impoverishing your parents. You may end up with debt, but if the Georgetown label means that much to you, it's worth it (to you).</p>
<p>b) Do you plan on doing graduate work? If so, it's normally the real or perceived "prestige" of the institution of the last degree that counts most.</p>
<p>c) Are you sure that the programs in the fields you're interested in are better at Georgetown than at your more affordable schools?</p>
<p>that's the thing Leonard. All my schools offered me pretty much the same aid as Georgetown, with maybe a $1,000 or $1,500 difference. My parents figure that if there is only minor differences in the aid between my colleges, we might as well go all the way and go for gtown.</p>
<p>I see. I guess I misunderstood this:
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my other colleges gave me superb aid, but not gtown
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And I agree with your parents. If the difference is $1000-$1500, it shouldn't be a big deal. (Have you said what you want to study at G'town? That's really the most crucial concern in choosing schools.)</p>
<p>sorry, what i said was misleading. I guess i just wanted Georgetown's aid to be the exact same as that of my other schools, but i guess that's unreasonable, considering Gtown is the most pricey school on my list. So i guess gtown's aid is actually pretty good, because they gave me more or less the same aid as the less expensive schools on my list. </p>
<p>I was accepted into the school of Nursing and Health Studies...i applied as a nursing major.</p>