<p>Just curious-- what/ How much would you guys called a decent/V.good financial package from BC if a student’s EFC is $1000? (the total cost is $53300)</p>
<p>I still haven’t gotten my package. I have called them a couple times but they keep saying they don’t have my forms, even though I know my parents have sent them. Anyone else having this problem?</p>
<p>How did XX55XX (EFC=0!) get less than SRB2006? Financial aid is so weird!</p>
<p>Well, perhaps it’s because I wasn’t as academically strong as SRB2006?</p>
<p>But I’m still relatively satisfied. Many people in my school got worse packages.</p>
<p>Now, hopefully I can appeal it and become a commuter student. This package is conditional, after all, and financial aid packages are finalized in July.</p>
<p>hmm i just got an email saying they adjusted my financial aid package…more grants! but still nowhere enough other offers…</p>
<p>I think BC looks for diversity too and I think that might be one of the major reasons (I might be wrong) that I got more Fin. aid than XX55XX. But tell you what, I don’t think they base it on academic performances. I know kids from my school who rank higher than me and got a lot less than what I got with almost the same EFC. </p>
<p>And yes it’s weird. I TOTALLY agree with that.</p>
<p>Maybe they just liked your application and deemed you a student who is perfect for BC.</p>
<p>Maybe, but I think it’s diversity that helped me to earn more aid than others. Because I know that I am not qualified for a school like BC and I am totally not better or even equal to you in respect to academics XX55XX. That’s why I think it’s my ethnicity and race that helped me the most…</p>
<p>Let me know how does your fin. appeal goes as commute student as I am thinking about that as well.</p>
<p>hm my EFC is around 8000, and i’m gonna be stuck paying around 20K. </p>
<p>amazing stuff it really is, especially since BC is my top choice, and i don’t really want to go to Amherst after visiting.</p>
<p>Finally got my financial aid today. MY EFC is about $2400. My package is for $44,000. It’s better than I expected.</p>
<p>wow… i feel so cheated…
my dad’s efc is 25k and my mom’s is 25k, they’re divorced, and i’m getting $4300 in scholarship money… so bc would be barely below 50k for me… idk what to do</p>
<p>^ Call your financial Adviser (It’s on agora) and talk to her about the whole thing. Hope you get some money.</p>
<p>^If your parents each have an EFC of $25k, then together that’s $50k. Unless I misunderstood you, the FA is right on target…</p>
<p>Hmmm… I got a new financial aid award today:</p>
<p>Federal Pell Grant - $5,350
Allston-Brighton Scholarship - $34,850
State Scholarship - $2,400</p>
<p>Total: $42,600</p>
<p>This considering that I am a commuter student, of course.</p>
<p>Well, I guess being a local kid has its benefits.</p>
<p>I am going to BC. No questions asked.</p>
<p>^55, does that mean you will be taking BU out of your location?</p>
<p>P.S.</p>
<p>I hope you reconsider living at BC. It’s a wonderful place to spend four years. You have enough money to live on campus without incurring much, if any, debt at all. Do reconsider.</p>
<p>Yeah, Reddune, I will do so, eventually…</p>
<p>I live in Brighton, and my house is only a mere two miles away from BC’s campus (and its accessible by the T (Washington Street Station), too). Plus, the scholarship does not cover room and board, only tuition, so I may have to shell out an additional $12,000 if I elect to live there.</p>
<p>Originally, my family was going to have to pay $14,000 a year for BC (including loans). So, paying $3,000 per annum (without taking out any loans either) at BU was enticing. </p>
<p>My plan was to go to BU, but now, with this scholarship, matters have changed.</p>
<p>EFC was $12,600</p>
<p>Total aid including work study, Stafford loans and BC scholarship/grant was 39,200. 2200 was work study and that left a billable amount of about 14,750. Also, BC estimates that “other” expenses will be around 1900. I have a sister who is going to college closer to home and her “other expenses” including personal, books and travel are around $3000. If I use that more realistic number of $3000 my cost to attend is around $55,000</p>