<p>For me, its way below the amount i need to consider going. I mean like 15k-ish too little. How about you guys? Is it just me? maybe Chicago just hates me and doesn't want to gib any $$$.</p>
<p>I got enough..I expected a little more but i can manage...</p>
<p>Is the statement in this thread that Chicago doesn't offer enough financial aid so that </p>
<p>1) your family only has to pay the "expected family contribution" by the usual methodology and </p>
<p>2) you pay a student contribution (self help), </p>
<p>or is the statement that your family's EFC is large, but is all that Chicago is asking your family to pay? </p>
<p>Those two situations are very different. What's your overall situation? </p>
<p>People who have received multiple financial aid offers, some good, some bad, are invited to join in on the </p>
<p>general thread on the Financial Aid Forum.</p>
<p>I was actually pleasantly surprised with the offer. I was expecting it to be the most expensive, but in fact it is so far the cheapest of everyewhere I've heard from (like three other schools).</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised with my offer too =)</p>
<p>Look's like there's a good chance I'll be in Chicago in September.</p>
<p>My parents have to pay (as of the EA estimate) double the EFC. Maybe once chicago sees the fafsa then it will balance out?</p>
<p>Basically, the only thing that I'm disappointed in is that I have to pay more than my family has to pay more than their EFC...but like I said we can manage...I hope.</p>
<p>runforfun529 have you heard from yale yet?</p>
<p>Chicago has given the least need based aid of any school I was accepted to.</p>
<p>chicagoboy, same situation here (2x EFC)</p>
<p>I was admitted EA, and the final package is even worse than the original package, despite my mom's income having gone down $20,000 from 2006 to 2007. We end up having to pay over double our EFC. However, it still ends up being the second cheapest school after Tulane, so far, due to merit aid.</p>
<p>@Chicagoboy. same thing here. I'm asked to pay double my EFC. I'm not sure what happened. considering all my other finaid offers are asking for something in the same range....</p>
<p>Wow the real offer sucked as well. If i work year round and drain all my savings im looking at 30k in debt when i graduate. hopefully i can graduate in 4 years.</p>
<p>I got 19.5K a year (6.5K each quarter). Grants are about 5K. My parents are expected to contribute rougly 26K a year. Uh...what?!</p>