<p>I've been attracted Syracuse for a very long time. As a rising Junior in high school I'm trying to fix the mistakes I've made when it comes to my grades. I want Syracuse to just consider me. But dear lord it's so expensive. I could never afford it. How do you guys do it? </p>
<p>My mom's a single mom of two kids, with no help from our father. My mom could never afford Syracuse. She make's considerably less then what tuition is. So with room and board,books and other needed materials she would be in debt for the rest of her life after one year. But I just can't let Syracuse go.</p>
<p>Syracuse is notorious for giving pretty great aid. I got a $28000 grant from Syracuse because of my grades, $2000 scholarship also from Syracuse and $2700 in work study. The rest ($13000) is outta my parents’ pocket, then next year i’m getting sub and unsub loans. I can’t get the loans this year because of an issue my parents can’t fix until next year :(</p>
<p>I wasn’t almost about to go to Syracuse because of its ridiculously high price. I got an almost $29,000 grant, $2,700 work study, loans and TAP from SU but unfortunately, my family couldn’t afford the rest. I got denied from every bank loan I applied to because my mom’s credit isn’t too good. I really didn’t want my mom to pay anything for me because she pays all the bills plus an expensive mortgage, and has to buy food, clothing, etc. for my sister and I. But she ended up surprising me and told me that she’d do the monthly payment plan that SU offered for the first semester. I’m gonna be applying for scholarships like crazy the first semester, and will take out a credit card just so I can build some credit and take out my own loan for the spring semester.</p>
<p>the truth is you either need tons of aid or you need rich parents. i had strong aid (37k+work study+good subsidized loans) and i’m still expecting to be dealing with quite a bit of debt coming out. </p>
<p>what you really need to know is a lot of people get completely screwed when they owe >$150k coming out of college. i know SU is an excellent school, but you should take better fiscal offers from other schools very seriously. there’s a point at which an excellent undergrad education doesn’t pay off in the long-run, especially if you’re considering grad school.</p>
<p>I do plan on going to grad school actually,I want to be a Cosmetic Dentist.</p>
<p>Too be honest I’m not afraid of being in debt after school. If I get accepted to SU and don’t go I’ll be dissapointed in my self for the rear of my life,that’s always been my dream school.</p>
<p>Do you think I could get money for being half Spanish?</p>
<p>Woah woah woah. Maybe we all came off a little too negative in our posts. You should still DEFINITELY consider SU, especially if it’s your dream school. It IS well known for having strong need-based aid. No one (especially a random person on a forum) knows how your personal financial aid will come out. Don’t cross your dream school off the list till you actually get the rejection/low financial aid offer because that’s something you will really regret. </p>
<p>That said, it sounds like you’re going to be a good candidate for some serious need-based aid. SU also seems to have an affinity for giving people second chances when it looks like they have serious potential, but made a mistake or two in high school, so who knows about merit aid. By the way, need-based aid can exceed the cost of tuition and be spent on room and board or books.</p>
<p>In reality, everything we say on this site about chances/financial aid is nothing but speculation. We all have our own experiences to tell you about, but the only people who really know what’s going on are sitting in the financial aid office. If your school has a counselor or something, you might want to talk to him briefly about college and how the whole financial aid system works because I think it would be reassuring for you to hear it from someone you can trust.</p>
<p>You do not need an expensive COA private school to become a dentist; go to ANY SUNY; get great grades; take the DAT and do well…you will need megabucks for dental school; don’t spend the money on undergrad</p>
<p>Having guided 2 kids (with one more to go) through the college admissions process, you have to re-list your schools over and over:</p>
<ol>
<li> You list them in order of preference in your mind as you apply.</li>
<li> After you get acceptances/rejectins you shuffle the list, dropping the rejected schools.</li>
<li> Then, when you get your fin. aid offers, you re-order them yet again. You have to choose a school with your head, not your heart. Crippling debt is not how you want to start your adult life.</li>
</ol>
<p>I know this isn’t what some want to hear, but—welcome to the world of being a grown-up!!</p>
<p>@MADad I like you list idea.I should start this year if it’s not to early.</p>
<p>I wanna prove people wrong and go to SU, I tell people in my family,my friends,etc I wanna go there and a lot of their responses are “and I want a million dollars but that’s not gonna happen.”</p>
<p>In order for me to have the dream life I’ve always wanted I think I should start at my dream school.</p>
<p>Years ago I was in High School in Syracuse and realized that going to college on “The Hill” (SU) was out of the question fiancially. There were and are other options. Try a Community College for a couple of years, That, and living at home, will save you a ton of money and then you can consider transferring to Syracuse. That is basically what I did except that I got my degree from a State School. My education allowed me enough success that my D will be on “the Hill” this fall with her parents and a scholarship footing the bill.</p>
<p>Syracuse is a good school with a few great programs. None of them are worth accumulating a big debt to pay back. You can also work while you attend Community College (OCC is a good one) and save up some money that way. If you perform well enogh there, who knows you may even get a scholarship to SU. </p>
<p>Don’t be too dazled by the name on the sweatshirt. You can assure yourself of a bright future at many schools with less “sizzle”. You can always get the sweatshirt after you transfer if that is how it works out. If your grades don’t get you into a good school, you may have failed there anyway.</p>