Hello! I was wondering how many people have gotten their financial aid who were accepted EA. What did it look like on your portal (did it still say pending review on the To Do List)? Was it better or worse than expected?
@sierramg900 Ours came with our admission notification and appeared a short time later in the portal. It was the amount that we expected when we applied, but after seeing how many people with similar stats received less merit aid or were deferred we felt very fortunate. It appears on your portal as a “per semester” amount.
We received an email today. It was less than 1/2 of what was calculated using the npc. I’ll be calling FA tomorrow.
@petty66 That seems quite strange. Have you called the FA office and received an answer as to why the package is so low?
My daughter received hers last Friday. It was not what we had hoped for, but we have a complicated family financial situation (divorced parents with a massive discrepancy in incomes) so I guess it is what it is.
@amalari What do you mean by a “massive discrepancy,” if you don’t mind me asking? It seems like my family situation is very similar to yours, although I haven’t gotten my aid information yet…
Divorce wreaks havoc on family finances. But it should not be the school’s responsibility to pick up the slack and they usually don’t. Unfortunately the financial weakness resulting from a divorce ends up in most cases being a burden on the shoulders of the student.
@sierramg900 One household makes at least 8x what the other household does.
@EDHDAD Oh, certainly! I’m not complaining, just stating a fact. We had absolutely no idea what sort of financial aid might be offered, as it’s simply not possible to even guess at it using the NPC under these circumstances. What was offered was higher than what I was expecting, and lower than what her other parent was expecting. Thank goodness for her merit scholarship! 
I finally got in touch with FA. They said their numbers were correct so maybe I did something wrong on the npc.
I received a merit scholarship when i received my acceptance, but does anyone know if need based aid has already come out?
DS received his a week or so ago. (I think they do it on a rolling basis.) Check your Gibson portal.