<p>Ok, two questions:</p>
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<li><p>There's a graph thing at the bottom of the first page and at the far right there's a "Family Contribution(U.S.$)". And the question: Family Contribution for WHAT? For my freshman year at Cornell? Then why is there a line separating it and the 2010-2011 school year thing? Or is it something else?</p></li>
<li><p>At the top of page 2, in "Estimated Resources" "How much annual support (in U.S.$) will be available to you for the 2010-2011 academic year?" Is this the same as EFC? My EFC is, apparently, 0. But there's a lot of disadvantages to that...so should I just put 0, or put something like $500?</p></li>
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<p>PLEASE reply asap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any help will be appreciated!:)</p>
<p>This might actually end up as an empty thread. How nice.</p>
<p>Fine then I’ll go with ZERO. </p>
<p><em>sigh</em>…</p>
<p>Ba patient, I’m pretty sure the posters are all sleeping. I read somewhere that if your parents income is lower than 60k a year, they are not expected to contribute and therefore you can put 0. Of course, as an international, financial aid is not as freely available and it may impact your application.</p>
<p>Wait…ur in SH? Are you an International?</p>
<p>Oh right, esters are still snoring:D</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that part means “How much does this person contribute to your family’s income”</p>
<p>Also, you should put however much money your family (and other agencies and other sources) is able to contribute to Cornell for your education.
Is that really $0? Hard to believe.</p>
<p>And the under 60k rule of FA only applies to domestics.</p>
<p>I know it’s hard to believe…so I was thinking maybe putting on the amount of money required for air tickets or sth…
but my parents are insisting that I put 0…frustrated.</p>
<p>60k rule only applies to domestics? EVERYWHERE? I thought it was the same with internationals in Columbia…or maybe you mean Cornell. Oh well.
Thanks!:D</p>
<p>Neither Cornell nor Columbia have enough financial aid resources for internationals.</p>
<p>While they both have specific programs for under 60k for domestic students, they simply do not have the resources to offer this to internationals.</p>
<p>Even Canadian and Mexicans now are at a disadvantage at Cornell with financial aid.</p>
<p>I was aware of Cornell not having money for Int’ls…and pretty much every other school besides Harvard and Yale and MIT. But I had THOUGHT Columbia had a bit more Int’l aid. But Columbia’s history anyway.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that this US thing is very much a waste of time, because my parents simply cannot afford 4 years even if I get half aid. Gawd.</p>