<p>You do realize that was written OVER 3 YEARS AGO!</p>
<p>Stop bringing ancient threads back for no purpose.</p>
<p>This thread is too old and does not apply to the current financial aid policy of the university.</p>
<p>ya man, this crap is like from the stone age. now cornell (along with most of the other ivy leagues) has no-loan financial aid, meaning that they’ll give all grants. and if your total family income is less than 60,000 you’re not expected to pay ANYTHING.</p>
<p>How is financial aid right now?</p>
<p>^ what was written above definitely isn’t true (on both counts)…I have a pretty large amount in loans and my family still isn’t able to completely cover the expected family contribution, meaning I’m going to have to take out even more in loans than Cornell provided for me :(</p>
<p>^ Are you just entering Cornell this this? I have found Cornell to be very generous although we did have multiple kids in college at the same time. The relatively new financial aid is very generous for those students who are in financial need. Just read the information on their site which clearly states parental earnings and financial aid. I know we received aid because of having multiple kids in school at the same time but Cornell is not any less generous than any of the other highly selective schools. </p>
<p>hsgirl93…I would advice that if you could reduce loans by working in the summer, winter breaks, and during the year than try and do so. You really do not want to graduate with more loans than you need to. I am also unsure of the loans that you say Cornell provided you with, could you share that info?</p>
<p>I got accepted RD. There was a problem with my financial aid documents so they sent me an email AFTER i got my decision. My parents make around 88,000 and they gave me a 4,000 aid… they expect us to contribute around 60,000… WHAT!!!</p>