<p>Yeah, ND does meet 100% of demonstrated need, and I found out today that they went beyond what the FAFSA EFC said I should need. So to those who are worried about the EFC number they received–don’t worry, there is still hope :)</p>
<p>thats great news nstar19, especially if this is the final piece in the puzzle and allows you to go to ND.</p>
<p>my efc was around 9k. any idea what to expect?</p>
<p>this will be a good test to see if ND really does give 100% of demonstrated need… you should get 40,000 if ND follows what they say in that they take the tuition - EFC = merit aid. that 40,000 will probably include loans, and work study as well. </p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>ND promises to meet 100% demonstrated need as THEY belive it to be, not necessarily FAFSA’s EFC. CSS Profile can have a big effect on the final number (usually to the student’s detriment).</p>
<p>Our FA was pretty close to what FAFSA reported. We actually have an EFC of around 30,000 and our package was around 20,000. This did include Work-study, Loans and scholarship. The loans were only for $5000 which we figured.</p>
<p>was your daughter admitted EA or RD?</p>
<p>My son received bad financial aid packages from Georgetown, UChicago and Notre Dame. He received a full-ride merit scholarship from a LAC and a decent offer from our state’s nationally-known flagship university. The Profile isn’t kind to us, and even though we are considering appealing G’town’s offer (his dream school at one time), it probably won’t work.</p>
<p>We still have heard nothing on financial aid from ND, and my D was EA. Based on her other acceptances, though, it doesn’t look promising.</p>
<p>The large merit scholarships she was awarded from the LAC’s on her list are looking better all the time. I wonder if schools like ND, Vandy, Georgetown, etc., realize that no or very little merit aid, replaced by very large need-based grants are practically demoralizing to the good students who get nothing. Interesting that merit scholarships require maintenance of a good GPA, and need-based awards are essentially free money with no strings attached. Of course, since they’re “need-based” we’re not supposed to be jealous, but to an 18-year old kid who’s looking to be independent, it’s still a “scholarship”, regardless.</p>
<p>I wonder if these schools (in our case, G’town, UChicago and Notre Dame) realize how they are looking to folks like us, kentuckymom. If they are concerned about yield, maybe they need to be more transparent and target the folks they really want (full-pay and very needy). The folks in the middle are being squeezed out. </p>
<p>My son is honored to be accepted by great places like G’town, UChicago and Notre Dame. He’s mentally moved on at this point, though, and is looking to his two great choices left to make a final decision.</p>
<p>were your packages considerably less than what you could pay or what your EFC claimed you could?</p>
<p>We are not seriously looking at Notre Dame for the same reason as so many people have said, can’t afford it. I wonder if the turn down rate by admitted students will be unusually high this year.</p>
<p>i am sure it will be and I know the school is expecting that as they still expect the same number of admitted students to enroll, but accepted more students this year (by over 300)</p>
<p>Has anyone admitted through RD received his FA package yet? I just called the school today. The response to my inquiry was, “We are aware of the deadline and working every day and sending out letters.” Gee, well it would be nice to know before I waste money traveling half way across the county to visit your university It’s not like they did not know this day was coming. Arghh.</p>
<p>I thought ND met demonstrated need, but I am reading complaints about the school’s aid. Does the school meet the need with too much in loans?</p>
<p>S received his RD FA package last Friday.</p>
<p>numbersguys- did they meet the need? Did they include transportation costs, books, and miscellaneous expenses in the cost of attendance listed in the FA package? Look forward to your response. Thanks!</p>
<p>FA package was very spartan. Despite this, S will be turning down large scholarships at other schools to attend. As Father Malloy used to say, ND would like to think that all of its students could have received a full ride scholarship at other schools.</p>
<p>The economy will make it hard for many students to attend an expensive school this year. The best event I have ever attended was the 1988 Notre Dame upset of Miami on the way to the National Football Championship. A football Saturday on campus is priceless. If you can stretch and attend, the ND alumni network will aid you for the rest of your career.</p>
<p>we are turning down ND, too expensive, not worth taking on debt for. We would have to take on debt and my s would have had to take on debt to pay for ND. we didn’t qualify for any FA other than loans and work.</p>
<p>I am an alumni. I disagree about these comments that the alumni network will help you get a job…hiring someone is usualy a group decision. In ND Magazine, they said 30% of the seniors don’t have jobs but this is probably a lot higher if you looked at volunteer work or kids now going to hide out in grad schoool, hoping the economy gets better.</p>
<p>Remember, for families that don’t qualify for any aid, the tution/r and b increase of 4.4% was aimed at you to supplement everyone else (this comes out of an Wall Street Journal editorial)</p>
<p>it is important to realize that in 4 years when this class comes out of ND, there will be numerous jobs as the economy will most likely be on the uprise.</p>
<p>Families that don’t qualify for need-based financial aid have always subsidized everyone else. There is nothing new there.</p>