<p>I have an EFC of 0. </p>
<p>How much do you think Syracuse will pay for me to go to college? Would they pay for the entire 50,000? Especially in the hard economic times we are having this year, I heard that colleges are holding back on giving aid. Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>The only thing that a “0” EFC does is qualify you for federal aid. This means you will get ~5300 from pell, federal work study, subsidized stafford loan. If you are a NYS resident you will be eligible for TAP (5000)or HEOP(if you applied)</p>
<p>[Student</a> Support Services (SSS)](<a href=“http://www.oss.syr.edu/sss.php]Student”>http://www.oss.syr.edu/sss.php)</p>
<p>[Higher</a> Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)](<a href=“http://www.oss.syr.edu/heop.php]Higher”>http://www.oss.syr.edu/heop.php)</p>
<p>Syracuse also requires the CSS profile.</p>
<p>From looking at their scholarship page, their larges scholarship is $12,000, and they expect you to have loans.</p>
<p>With the exception of HEOP and SSS, the school does not promise to mee 100% of your demonstrated need, so you will end up with a gap. All factors which you must take into consideration in determining if this indeed an affordable option for you and your family</p>
<p>Syracuse won’t pay YOU anything to go to college. Syracuse financial aid will be given to the college to offset your costs. You won’t get the money.</p>
<p>That being said…Syracuse does not meet the full need for accepted students. With an EFC of $0, you will be eligible for the maximum Pell grant, and subsidized Stafford Loans, and perhaps some other grants. The federal aid you receive via the FAFSA EFC will be only a small portion of the cost of attending Syracuse.</p>
<p>I don’t know if Syracuse has any financial aid programs specifically for low income accepted students.</p>
<p>Syracuse also uses the CSS Profile as one of their financial aid application forms. I hope you completed that as well. This is likely what Syracuse will use to disperse their institutional monies.</p>
<p>I wish I could predict your financial aid. Because Syracuse doesn’t meet full need for accepted students, it’s hard to say how much money you will get in financial aid from them. It may be a enough for you to attend and it may not be.</p>
<p>Since you have only a 0 EFC, and Syracuse doesn’t promise to meet full demonstrated need, it would be best to pin your hopes on a college that you know that you can afford – which more than likely would be a 4-year or 2-year public that you can commute to.</p>
<p>It is extremely unlikely that you’ll get the aid that you’ll need to attend Syracuse. If you are lucky and such aid does occur, that would be great, but meanwhile, find a fallback school that you know you can afford.</p>
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<p>From another thread…this is where the OP applied. Hopefully he’s instate for the Georgia schools.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I hope he’s instate for Georgia schools also because on another thread he says that his stats aren’t that good. Schools sometimes give less aid when stats aren’t good.</p>
<p>On an earlier thread, he said he has an unweighted 3.0. I hope he has safety schools that he knows he can get into and can afford.</p>
<p>If he has the Hope Scholarship, he’ll have tuition covered for his state schools. That’s a good thing.</p>
<p>oops. yes, I did apply for CSS also and recently sent in my IDOC packet to College Board.</p>
<p>Are the Georgia schools your safeties?</p>
<p>choi…good luck to you. I hope it all works out. If you are instate for GA, that would be a great thing for you for the two GA schools on your list.</p>
<p>no… unfortunately, the GA schools are not my safeties. I’m still waiting on a reply from them. If I do get into any of the GA schools, I will be okay financially since I will have HOPE but if I don’t get in, I guess I’m in a bad situation ):</p>