<p>I wish Cornell would give me more money (I have full ride in a very competive state university). What are you? Are you happy with your aid, if you applied to any? </p>
<p>I just want to get an idea what amount of money Cornell is offering other people to see whether I'm justified to not be "over-the-board with happiness" after receiving my aid, and whether there are people on the same boat with me. </p>
<p>Please share if you don't mind. Thanks.</p>
<p>I got $14,000 in self help, which is ok enough for me to want to go to Cornell.</p>
<p>i didnt get anything. im pretty upset because i probably wont be able to go as a result. is there still a chance for any other aid besides need-based aid?</p>
<p>really depends on your income, but that's a touchy subject so people don't like talking about it. phelp7, my advice would be to e-mail the financial aid office and explain that you really want to go to Cornell and that it's your first choice, but money is preventing you from doing so. hopefully they'll give you some fin aid.</p>
<p>Has everyone recieved their aid packages already? I didn't get my acceptance package until yesterday, and it said the aid stuff was coming within a day or two. So I guess I'll wait until tomorrow and cross my fingers...</p>
<p>I'm still waiting for my acceptance packet let alone my financial aid packet.</p>
<p>That's what I get for living in Guam.</p>
<p>I'm taking out about 7,000 in loans a year. EFC's around $15,000. $4000 in summer savings and work study. Rest is composed of grants.</p>
<p>We have gotten financial aid packages from 7 schools. Cornell is the WEAKEST by far.</p>
<p>$0 :(
no need based aid.</p>
<p>Ugh. I was offered basically half to two-thirds of what I needed.
So unless they are willing to up the package, I simply can't go. I don't want to be forced to focus my education on a job (i.e. major in economics) just to pay off $40k in American dollar debt, and even if I did, my parents couldn't afford the actual parental contribution.</p>
<p>This is depressing...</p>
<p>yea cornell seems a bit stingy... I'm getting approx. 5 grand more from Penn</p>
<p>I suggest looking into scholarships...also you can talk to Cornell about giving you more. This can especially have a chance if another comparable school offered u more aid. Cornell had a bidding war w/ Dartmouth over sum1 I know. U can try to do the same thing. GL</p>
<p>Penn's financial aid package was less than the one I got from Cornell. Chicago's package was the most generous, but the packages only varied by a couple thousand among the three schools so it wasn't a deciding factor.</p>
<p>Is it possible for unis like Cornell to offer generous fin aids for the first year, and then give less generous fin aids for the second, third, and fourth year? (since by then u'd be enrolled at the school and hard to transfer out)</p>
<p>It's possible but I haven't noticed a decrease in the amount of grants I've gotten over the years.</p>
<p>I talked to my Cornell interviewer tonight and she said that she received a letter from Cornell about FinAid. She said that if you cannot attend with your package, file an appeal. The college also said that they would like to see offers from other schools. If you got a full ride somewhere and want to go to Cornell, tell them!!!! But keep in mind, they can only compare non merit award. If you got a full ride for grades, sports, or anything other than demonstrated need, they cannot try to match it. She said that if you have any doubt about costs, APPEAL!!!!!</p>
<p>22k in grants, 15k in EFC, 12K in self help.</p>
<p>I'm an international student and Cornell didn't offer me any aid. I really depend on the aid, since our family income is very low (single parent). Without the aid, I won't be able to attend Cornell. What can I do now? Does it make sense to appeal the decision? Quite frustrated now...</p>
<p>I've got a question: Let's say one's situation is that the EFC is high, due to assets or whatever. But the liquidity is a different story. So if someone can afford two years of Cornell, but then cannot afford a third or so year, what would happen? Would one be forced to drop out and work for a year to pay, or would Cornell look at the students record, say this is a good student, we want him in, and extend him a large grant?</p>
<p>Call Cornell for that BD89!</p>