<p>Thank you! One door closes and another one opens. :)</p>
<p>LasMa, I don’t want to sound nosy, but are you a senior in HS?</p>
<p>No, I’m a mom of a college freshman. :)</p>
<p>My daughter’s need-based grant was a whopping $1,000. On top of her merit scholarship of $23,000 per year we would still owe $26,000 PER YEAR for SHU. Needless to say, we told them to stick that offer where the sun don’t shine. She’s also been admitted to DePaul and Richmond. Both of whom have offered FAR better FA offers. I have no idea how SHU keeps its doors open…</p>
<p>Isn’t OP’s financial aid package what is sometimes called an “admit/deny”–i.e., an admission with a financial aid package so completely inadequate that they know the student won’t be attending? I wish I knew the logic behind this kind of offer.</p>
<p>This is a three year old post, but I will respond anyway. </p>
<p>I don’t understand the hostility (stick the offer where the sun don’t shine). Disappointment, certainly. But no school owes a student a free or even cheap education. </p>
<p>My kids only applied to schools that we knew we could afford with a reasonable financial aid packgage, and researched what was available before applying. We saw no sense in applying to schools that would not be affordable.</p>
<p>It does bother me when schools put things like private loans, PLUS and even the Staffords as if they are giving the aid. I’ve seen schools do it that don’t even give a dime since ALL of the money is coming from the federal government. The subsidized Staffords and work study are pretty much standard to be put into the aid package, but the rest is available to anyone, or only available upon application and approval. If those packages were listed with any transparency, the kid and family could see that school is not giving much at all.</p>
<p>*I don’t understand the hostility (stick the offer where the sun don’t shine). Disappointment, certainly. But no school owes a student a free or even cheap education. *</p>
<p>I agree. Hbomb seems to think that paying about $2Xk per year for a private school is outrageous. When my kids were applying to undergrads, their merit awards from privates often resulted in remaining costs to be around the cost of an instate public.</p>