<p>Did everyone who got in get the same letter? Do they personally write one to fit everyone they accept? My son's letter sounded very positive but his classmates told him to retake SAT's to improve chance of getting scholarship money.</p>
<p>Just trying to figure if maybe my son is at the top end for scholarship money from them... </p>
<p>the cost of the school has me worried</p>
<p>I don't have a letter but I can give you some statistics I've found during my research of Rose-Hulman</p>
<p>You may of already seen a lot of this information, but it may give you a better idea of how much financial aid you may be able to expect from Rose-Hulman.</p>
<p>Posts about last year's financial aid:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=369446%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=369446</a>
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=314295%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=314295</a></p>
<p>Also here are some statistics from collegeboard</p>
<pre><code>* Full-time freshman enrollment: 525
* Number who applied for need-based aid: 461
* Number who were judged to have need: 383
* Number who were offered aid: 383
* Number who had full need met: 28
<p>Princeton Review's statistics:</p>
<p>Freshmen receiving need-based financial aid: 73%
Average freshman loan: $7,243
Average freshman total need-based gift aid: $17,689</p>
<p>MyPlan.com:
Financial Aid</p>
<pre><code> % of Undergrads Average Amount
</code></pre>
<p>Grants & Scholarships </p>
<pre><code> Federal Government 17% $3,264
State & Local Government 19% $4,617
School & Institution 84% $6,571
</code></pre>
<p>Student Loans 71% $5,293</p>
<p>Total for any grants and/or loans 100% $10,765</p>
<p>of course, this is all subject to change and all those other fine print details.</p>
<p>Also for your convenience of looking, the cost of Rose-Hulman for the next school year is $44,850.00 including the initial price of the laptop. The laptop is estimated to cost $2,857.00. Rose-Hulman also has a federal work study program based upon need and eligibility.</p>
<p>My letter didn't tell me to retake the SATs, but a friend of mine who also got in got the letter that recommended he retake them. I guess there are two versions?</p>
<p>My definitely didn't have anything about retaking tests.</p>
<p>nope nothing about retaking anything</p>
<p>My son is a sophmore at Rose and my experience was that they looked very much at your FAFSA filing. My son initially received a merit scholarship, but after I updated my original FAFSA, with my actual 4/15 tax return #'s (lower net taxable income than original estimate), they increased his merit aid package.</p>