<p>I received a lot of my admission/financial aid packages today.</p>
<p>At Georgetown I was awarded over half tuition in grants. And for other schools, I have received similar packages, or at least some aid. Cornell, however, said I was ineligible for any financial aid. Is this possible if other schools were generous in thier aid?!</p>
<p>Is Cornell known for poor Financial Aid?</p>
<p>I don't know about the size of the student body at Georgetown...but Cornell is very large and it's hard for them to give significant amounts of grant aid to the ~13,000 students....so they tend be judicious when allotting aid. I have a friend who has a family income of $175,000 and he was deemed ineligible for aid but once his bro entered college Cornell gave him money.</p>
<p>Hopefully the new FA policy will help Cornell offer better FA packages to students.</p>
<p>Are you a NY resident by chance who was accepted to a program with reduced tuition for NYers? </p>
<p>We are in the same situation and received a "scholarship" from Gtown and did not qualify for aid at Cornell. Considering Georgetown will cost $53,000 compared to Cornell's approx. $34,000 may be the reason for not qualifying for financial aid.</p>
<p>Cornell relies heavily on parent and student contribution...or so it seems to me. Usually if you income is over a certain amount you are not eligible for aid unless you have siblings in college.</p>
<p>I'm an NY resident in CALS...only kid in college and I have 100% aid...I consider myself pretty lucky.</p>
<p>I hope you guys can work things out!</p>
<p>Yes I am a New York resident and I was accepted into CALS. Even though tuition is cheaper, it is still more expensive by nearly 10k compared to Georgetown with their financial aid. </p>
<p>And I am still waiting for MIT and Harvard's packages, which I hope to be compareable to Georgetown's. I guess that crosses Cornell off the list.</p>