How good is UVa financial aid for OOS students?

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<p>My EFC is about 5000 dollars so how much should I expect from UVa in grants/loans? I hear UVa is pretty good when it comes to aid. Is this true?</p>

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<p>Hmm that was about the same for my EFC, but what is your family structure (single parent/two parents)?</p>

<p>I got 26500 in grants, and 6k in loans, 2.5k in workstudy. But I also filed for financial aid late, so I have no idea if I’ll get more this time.</p>

<p>Plus, you also get emergency loans if you ever need to postpone payments. </p>

<p>I plan to do some major cost-cutting 2nd year – not get a dining plan, for one, probably cutting my eating expenses in half if not more, because I enjoy my own cooking (and only going to O’Hill when they serve really good stuff). It’s possible for off-grounds housing to be cheaper than on-grounds housing (if you stay the summer and work on research/internships/etc.)</p>

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<p>2500 EFC ,OOS am also interested in fin aid at UVa, already have a great offer from Vanderbilt so am hoping it is competetive - I may be more of a public school kinda kid! Am headed to last years threads now.</p>

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<p>So can I assume I will get pretty good financial aid money?</p>

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<p>Does claiming education credit help your financial award? This year’s FAFSA looks quite a bit different from last year’s – e.g. asking if you lived on food stamps in 2007 (previously it was a six-month / 12-month thing I recall), among other things.</p>

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<p>THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU!! Got my aid package - I can afford to go!!! Didn’t want to be forced to pick Vandy for the $$.</p>

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<p>Where’d you get your aid package? </p>

<p>Edit: I found it. But holy crap. My EFC was 15k and “You have no financial aid awards available for viewing in this aid year.”</p>

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I’m fairly certain your package hasn’t been posted yet if you are seeing that message. Keep checking! </p>

<p>[Notes</a> from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Update from Student Financial Services](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2009/04/update-from-student-financial-services.html]Notes”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Update from Student Financial Services)</p>