Some universities are known to be generous with FA. Does anyone have first hand knowledge if Syracuse is generous with $$$. Can someone whose family’s HHI less than 25k a year get almost ride?
Have you run the Net Price Calculator on the Syracuse website?
Are the parents divorced? Do they own real estate other than their primary residence? Are the parents self employed or do they own a business? If NO to all of these questions….the Net Price Calculator will give you a decent estimate of your net costs.
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Thanks. Haven’t use the calculator. Thanks for the link. It’s pretty straight forward with the family. Single, disabled parent and two dependent children. No homes or money.
This is an interesting question. I hope someone with direct experience with merit scholarships and / or financial aid at Syracuse University will respond.
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@NYCMomof3 actually being a single parent might make this not as accurate. Not wishing to pry, but if the other parent is alive, that person’s financials might be required by Syracuse when determining the awarding of their institutional need based aid.
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My daughter got the leadership scholarship award last year with her acceptance. It was $28,000 a year. We were told that is the highest award, except of course for the one that is full ride but the name escapes me. I hope this helps.
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Syracuse has become much tighter with merit awards than they used to be even five years ago. It seems they are saving merit awards for the cream of the crop students. As far as need based aid, I am not sure if they meet full need or not.
If the other parent is alive, then Syracuse wants the other parent’s financial information as well. So include the other parent’s financial information in the net price calculator if you want any hope of it giving a decent estimate.
Syracuse does not meet full need, and merit awards do seem to be on the decline as lindagaf stated. Syracuse does not complete a common data set, so we have very limited visibility to their financial aid practices.
Agree OP has to fill out the NPC (but may be inaccurate), and let us know about the status of the other bio parent.
Syracuse doesn’t meet need, meaning they’re not generous with financial aid for a lower income family.
However, they do participate in HEOP so if you’re a NYS resident you have a shot.
What interests you in Syracuse and what do you want to major in? We may be able to recommend full-need colleges that share some characteristics with SU or which are known for that major.
HEOP is out of the question since the student’s GPA is too high. This is from the Syracuse HEOP page “ Low income New York State residents who have a high school diploma (4-year average between 70 and 84.5).” This student is a high honors student but just is poor. Not sure if student will ED Syracuse but it’s definitely in his top two.
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While Syracuse does not guarantee to meet the full need of every admitted student, they are rated fairly well for Financial Aid.
Here is a list of Special Aid Programs offered by Syracuse. For instance, the On Point For College program says: “Syracuse University provides a financial aid package that meets full need to admitted, active On Point for College Students with a minimum of full tuition being covered by a combination of Federal Pell Grant, NYS Tuition Assistance Program grant, and Syracuse University scholarship and grants. The scholarship is renewable for four years.”
If you choose to apply, do so knowing there is a relative small chance at receiving enough aid that you might consider it “near full ride”, but that the possibility is there. In other words, apply to SU if it is one of your favorites, but definitely apply to other schools that are financially affordable. Other SU special FinAid programs and descriptions are available at the link.
Good luck.
Thank you. I’m a Parent and this who I am asking the questions for is a person is a close family friend.
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Have you run Syracuse’s NPC yet? I caution you against applying ED if it doesn’t look affordable per the NPC (making sure all inputs are correct…so, including non-custodial parent’s income and assets if in the picture).
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A possible bump in the road I see is the single parent angle. SU is a CSS Profile school. If the non-custodial parent is still alive, SU will review the non-custodial parent’s financial situation, and that of his spouse if he has one. Depending on that review, it could alter the amount that SU determines is the student’s financial need and raise it to an amount the single parent cannot afford.
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The NPC was run yesterday. I am helping a family friend out and this is their info. There is no father. It’s a single-disabled mother with two children. Her son is deciding between Syracuse and one other school. I did contact the Syracuse admissions office and asked about ED with kids who are poor. They said it’s possible for them to ED and if they aren’t offered enough FA they will not be held to the contract. I asked them to clarify twice and they said the same thing a second time.
It is true you can get out of the ED contract if financial aid is inadequate, but why use your ED chit and put the kid potentially in that position, if the school’s not affordable? Syracuse is highly unlikely to meet this family’s full need. What do you mean there is no father? Is the father dead, or not in contact with the family? Those are two situations (there are others) where the non-custodial parent waiver would likely be granted.
You should tell your friend or the student to create an account here, because this thread is going to get shut down.
yes, if a student is not offered sufficient FA the contract is not binding, but it’s wasting that ED priority shot since the odds of getting sufficient FA at a university that doesn’t meet need are low, since they don’t need to do anything to incentivize the student to attend (it’s the opposite at a meet-need university).
Without the HEOP help, it’d be too risky to apply to Syracuse ED.
Can you email them to check that HEOP is not possible for students in this student’s GPA range? HEOP implies lower income circumstanes thus a “contextual offer” with slighly below median stats, often up to 1 grade below, but this is up to 2 letter grade below average (average GPA is close to A-, with 45% at the 3.75 mark or above, so I find “C-to B” quite an unusual drop for HEOP).
wrt to thread being shut down: only the child’s parent or the student can open a thread. If you’re not “a quote unquote friend” (you know, “asking for a friend”) but the actual parent, it stays open but if you’re a neighbor or cousin, it’ll get shut down.
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Why would the thread be shut down if I asked simple questions? I also answered questions asked. Like I said, there is no father. Is he alive? Who knows but hasn’t been around ever. All I wanted is to get an idea of the university’s generosity when it came to FA.
Let me ask you a question, if he EDs Syracuse, are you saying he can’t ED2 another school? I just want to clarify your comment. I don’t want to misunderstand. Really any private that he EDs will be the same situation. A family whose HHI is under 25k a year needs a lot of FA. Why shouldn’t he ED Syracuse or any other private?
If you want to shut it down, shut it down. I think it’s pretty sad that someone can’t help another person who is disabled from research for her child.