<p>I believe that Kiplinger’s, the personal finance magazine, ranks Holy Cross as the #8 value among all liberal arts colleges in the country. This is based on the quality of the education, extremely high graduation rate, and the “100% need met” financial aid. Of course, everyone’s case is unique as you are discussing here.</p>
<p>Debruns, congrats on completing your last college application process! </p>
<p>Good luck to your kids, everyone.</p>
<p>To KY Crusader, the “100% needs met” statistic is what gets me. If you own a home, even if you have no equity in it, and you are gainfully employed, you are determined to be able to pay full price and have no need. The CSSA was a total waste of time, the amount of my EFC based on FAFSA was the exact amount they determined we can pay at 4 out of the 5 colleges S was accepted. The cost of living in New York was not even a consideration. And whether you live in a good or bad school district, no public school teaches religion which is extremely important to some families, something you would think would be meaningful to Catholic colleges as well.</p>
<p>Disappointed with nonloan package-about 1/3 of what was offered and accepted at Northwestern. Second D is in Jesuit high school.</p>
<p>Well, our son went with Fordham, much better package, and it’s a relief! Go RAMS!</p>
<p>Each year HC will take more of your grant/scholarship/ financial aid away from your child. They know that you will do everything in your power to keep your child there as each yr goes by. I am holding a letter from HC where they have denied us a meeting because of a very serious shortfall for our childs last year. Try to remember that if your child is a good, serious student they will get a great education no matter where they go. We are in the last few months of tuition payments and we have no idea how we are going to be able to do it. We can take out more loans but we won’t be able to make the monthly payments while we are paying tuition. Our FC was estimated at $23,000 and it’s as if HC never even saw it. Don’t go into horrible debt for college. HC is a great college but you need to be wealthy or from a diverse background so you can get financial help, and any help they give be aware that as each yr goes by they will probably start taking it away from you. Good luck</p>
<p>“If” they say full need every year, they should. I’ve only heard of cases where other factors were involved. One student lost their partial scholarship because of injury, another the parent lost a job and they couldn’t give them what they needed.
I know at my son’s college, we paid more every year, but we made more and/or tuition went up.
I can only wait and see, but it’s a complaint you hear a lot, not just from Holy Cross. Their average indebtedness senior year was actually less than a lot of other colleges we looked at.</p>
<p>crl1819–would be interested to hear more specifics of what exactly happened to your childs aid. My D has a letter with her 12,5000 grant award for four years. Under what circumstances would that be taken away? Thanks in advance for you input.</p>