My DS20 was deferred to RD from EA so we are still waiting and hoping. I am wondering, though, for those who were accepted, how close was your financial package to the NPC?
DD20 was just accepted ED2. The financial aid award offered was about $6k less per year than we were expecting based on the NPC we ran before allowing her to apply ED.
Our financial situation is straightforward (parents married to each other, no real estate besides primary home, no business or farm, only one child will be in college), so I was expecting the NPC to be accurate.
Does anyone know the best way to file a financial aid appeal with NEU? I really want to be able to make this work for her.
I would just contact FA directly and ask how they calculated it compared to the NPC. I’ve not heard of many appeals being granted but it can’t hurt to ask since you did the NPC.
Our D was just accepted ED2 and I would say that with the Dean’s scholarship and Grant, they came within a few thousand of the NPC. Specifically it came out to be more by about $3,000 but it’s still going to be doable because it’s still less than or right around the same as her SUNY acceptances even with scholarships. That was what we told her when she applied, it can’t be more than the cost of a SUNY. We ran the NPC, took a leap of faith and let her apply ED2. It worked out. So I would say, if you don’t have any special circumstances it’s probably pretty accurate, just be prepared that it may be a little more than the NPC. If less, that’s a pleasant surprise.