<p>Did they give you enough money? Too little? Personally I expected a little more.. how does Duke compare to other schools (of similar high caliber) in terms of financial aid?</p>
<p>I got a generous offer from Duke that met all of my Estimated Family Contribution. I'm extremely grateful; can't ask for any more. What did you expect?</p>
<p>I got 5,500 in a Stafford loan and that's it..kinda expect though since my EFC is 80k+..</p>
<p>Yeah I pretty much can't afford to go.</p>
<p>Mine was almost exactly what I predicted (EFC=~$15,000), which is pretty damn generous, because they covered almost $40,000 in need-based grants. Unfortunately, my parents still can't figure out whether they can afford it or not....</p>
<p>Anyway, MAJOR props to Duke for being so quick about FinAid!!</p>
<p>Doesn't Duke replace all loans with grants/scholarships if your family makes less than 60k per year? I'm a bit confused as to why I have loans in my finaid package.</p>
<p>My family's fafsa efc is 20000$, however Duke calculated it was 40000$. Maybe error in paperwork, since there are no significant additional assets reported in CSS that werent present in the FAFSA.</p>
<p>^ That makes no sense! haha
The CSS EFC is almost always lower than the FAFSA EFC because it accounts for MORE thigns, like private school tuition, family size, etc.</p>
<p>E.G. My FAFSA EFC was around $25,000. My Duke EFC is $15,000</p>
<p>My Duke EFC was higher than my FAFSA one, but only by around $2,000.</p>
<p>I got a $16,000 "Duke University Scholarship"</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information about what exactly that is? (Renewed every year, etc).</p>
<p>The Duke university Scholarship is a need based grant that is part of your financial aid package. You will not have to repay it, but it is not a merit scholarship. The definitions are in the materials you received.</p>
<p>Thanks, you are absolutely right.</p>
<p>I was just a bit surprised because I got more money then WashU and now Duke costs pretty much the same as my state school UoI (without loans taken into consideration). </p>
<p>The real question is how good Duke is in maintaining FA over 4 years. (I've heard of some schools who give quite a bit of FA to start out with and then scale it back over 4 years).</p>
<p>My FAFSA EFC was around 2.8k, but Duke is expecting $0 from my family :)</p>
<p>anybody get info about merit scholarships?</p>
<p>today, in the email i got a letter saying they didn't have all the materials (IDOC) although IDOC was made available 3/23...</p>
<p>did you all get ur notices via an attachment to an email?</p>
<p>^ the financial aid page says all merit finalists have been notified.</p>
<p>i have a question, is the cost of books included in the tuitions and fees?</p>
<p>I think it's accounted for in the "other expenses"</p>
<p>Can somebody tell me if this is a mistake? my FAFSA EFC is 2850, but my Duke EFC is 25,000 (...). I really want to go to duke, but this price is impossible for my family (my JHU EFC is only 8k, and other UC's are even lower). Am i just expecting too much, or should I make a call to the finaid office?</p>
<p>Definitely make a call. There more likely than not has been some mistake.</p>
<p>How are you finding out about your financial aid decision - is it online? Please assist me in my idiocy and ignorance, thank you.</p>
<p>^yes it's online.</p>