<p>which of the top schools in your experience give our the most grants?</p>
<p>my parents efc is around 45k a year and most of the schools im looking at are around 50k a year. i would only get 5k a year in need based aid, and im losing hope in getting those incredibly hard to get full or half tuition scholarships. (the ones that u have to have cured cancer to even think about apply)</p>
<p>so what top schools give out the most grants? btw my parents r willing to pay around 10k (maybe a little higher if its a really good school) a year so i have to make up the remaining 35k</p>
<p>See the sticky at the top of this forum or search for threads on full-ride scholarships. Momfromtexas started a couple that were quite interesting (start with the update one). There are tons of schools that have great merit awards, but you have to be near the top of their applicant pool. That may mean lowering your expectations, but it’s really hard to say without more info.</p>
<p>[my parents efc is around 45k a year and most of the schools im looking at are around 50k a year. i would only get 5k a year in need based aid,]</p>
<p>I’m not sure you would get any need based aid other than Stafford loans of $5,500 if your need (COA-EFC) is only $5K. Unless you get significant merit aid, coming up with $35K per year on your own is going to be almost impossible. And what happens if you lose your merit awards, as many students do? Make sure you pick a few financial safeties where the COA is within reach for you and your parents. I would not recommend taking on alot of debt for an undergrad degree.</p>
<p>thanks for your response.</p>
<p>Ya my future goal is med school so i know the school that i go to doesn’t matter a whole lot (just as long as i get good GPA and MCAT scores)</p>
<p>its just that im going to be graduating from my IB class (total around 60 ppl) and with the amount of hard work and I will have done and with many of my classmates going to top schools i feel like i should be going to one as well, otherwise why did i work so hard in the first place.</p>
<p>Ahhh, the entitlement theory! This is fairly common, but something to overcome asap as no one is entitled to attend a school they can’t afford. You worked hard to get the education you have so far and your reward right now is that you’re likely to be accepted into a number of colleges and some of them will probably offer you merit aid. You will continue to work hard to gain more education and eventually you are rewarded, we hope, with a degree and a career in a field you enjoy and with enough income potential to maintain a comfortable standard of living, whatever that means to you. But you’re still really just starting the journey so don’t worry about what your classmates are doing and do what makes sense for you and your family. If your folks want you to go to a top school, they’re going to need to pay top dollar if the merit aid isn’t offered.</p>