<p>I got $3,000 merit. I wish I sent in a scholarship application, but I felt like I didn’t even have that great of a chance of getting in, arrgh. Can I possibly get some more merit based scholarships? I know that I will be getting minimal if none need-based aid.</p>
<p>I can’t log onto the website, but I got a packet in the mail with FA today 
Just the 2000 for national merit, but hey, I’ll take it =D</p>
<p>I love how our annual income this year was 38,000, and we are expected to pay over 50 grand a year. Those folks at WashU are a hoot!! Thanks for accepting me…not!</p>
<p>Do they flat out tell you that you don’t get any aid on that fin aid online portal or is it just that message stating “we have no record on an aid reward.”</p>
<p>I wrote on my FA application that my family could only pay 30k/year, but they just offered me an Eliot Scholarship, which is only $14,900. I know they can’t meet int’l students’ 100% demonstrated need, but it’s still depressing. I thought I’m worth a Wash.U offer when I saw the “Congratulations,” but it turned out that I’m not. So sad. Will it be useful to negotiate with Wash.U?</p>
<p>^ It won’t hurt to try … after April 1st, I plan to go down my list from top to bottom until someone makes me an offer I CAN’T refuse …</p>
<p>D got no $$ at all. She wasn’t a finalist for a scholarship, and she did not list WU as her top choice for NM. We knew we were outside the limit for real aid, but surprised that she did not even get a bone thrown. State school (on top of HOPE) gave extra scholarship as well, which was unexpected. While she is glad to have heard gotten accepted, not likely she will attend WU.</p>
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<p>It’s not what you tell them you can pay, it’s what they determine you can pay with a combination of savings, income, and loans.</p>
<p>^plumazul - Your state flagship offer with all the extras isn’t enough to tempt you? Or are you going to negotiate one offer against another?: “I see your FA offer is X. Tier 1 school B has offered me X+20,000+ipod+books+fees. Could you match that, because you’re my top choice?”</p>
<p>Helvetica - Your situation does not make sense. WashU provides 100% aid to families making less than $60,000. If indeed your family income is what you state, then it looks like a mistake was made. I would contact FA immediately to clarify the situation.</p>
<p>greenwitch - All aid is renewable for 4 years, providing the student is making satisfactory progress. If anything it will increase each year. The only time need based aid is reduced is if there is a dramatic positive improvement in the family financial position.</p>
<p>^^Thanks for the clarification. I read the brochure, but it still seemed a bit vague.</p>
<p>If you didn’t get offered quite enough money, you should try asking for the financial aid office to reconsider/recalculate your offer especially if you end up getting a better offer from a different school that you can show them. I was about to go to a different school for financial reasons, and WashU ended up adding on an extra $7000 to my aid package.</p>
<p>My Dad owns furniture stores. Both are appraised for about a million dollars each. Last year our income was 215 thousand. This year’s income was around 38 thousand. Our customers were primarily middle class. In a recession, they are worried about revamping the living room. My Dad had to pour a bunch of our personal money to keep the stores afloat, and we are now downsizing our house to help pay off some more debt. Our assets and 2008 income totally killed my FA. I guess I could saw off part of the store and mail it to them for tuition. I love my life. hahaa</p>
<p>I got $0. My mom is an alumn who donates money in order for other students to get scholarships. OH, the irony.</p>
<p>Student debt, here I come!</p>
<p>Well, hopefully she donated money to YOUR scholarship fund first.</p>
<p>@VailsMom,</p>
<p>“Your … offer with all the extras isn’t enough to tempt you?”</p>
<p>Of course it is. And it’s even more than the $$ support, I’ve visited several times recently and the people in the college of my non-music major are GREAT, … it’s hard to imagine better (I even have a “mentor”, a senior who has been VERY helpful and is currently doing all the things I want to do).</p>
<p>"… are you going to negotiate one offer against another?’ "</p>
<p>That’s the plan, … they probably won’t … but I won’t know unless I ask …</p>
<p>I’m very happy with my aid package! A Thomas H Eliot Scholarship for nearly $40K with $2K work study and $5500 loans.</p>
<p>One question</p>
<p>Can I apply FA in my sophomore year? I didn’t get one this time because I am an int’l and they little to offer…</p>
<p>^No. I think almost every school makes it clear that int’l students who think they might need financial aid during 4 years in college should apply for it in the admission process, unless their family’s financial situations decrease unexpectedly and significantly. If you play the “apply-for-FA-after-admitted” game, that’s considered cheating at a need-sensitive college like Wash.U. I personally know quite a few competitive applicants here in China were turned away by wash.u because they applied for FA.</p>