No Financial Aid?

<p>I applied for financial aid (low income family); however, I still have not received anything from Carnegie Mellon regarding my monetary aid. On the status page, under the financial aid section, it says parents w-2's and 1040 with no date beside it. I am pretty sure my parents did not send those in yet so is that the reason why I have not received my financial aid letter? Also does anyone know if it is too late to send the tax documents in? I ad my fasfa and css in a long time ago though? Thanks.</p>

<p>One of my friends who was accepted received her financial aid packet already.</p>

<p>No, it is NOT too late. Send it ASAP. Last yr, she was in the first wave of acceptances and received her FA package within a week of the letter–but pending receipt of the our tax documents. We submitted them the next day…and the rest is history. Good luck!</p>

<p>I got stuff in the mail today, and I live in Ohio, and the information was sent out on the 31st according to the “Where Am I in the Process?”</p>

<p>well you’re in better shape than i am… i still haven’t received my decision letter yet :(. and i never got my admissions ID so I can’t check online… oh well. (I live abroad btw)</p>

<p>financial aid came today, barely got any money (well i guess it was pretty good if CMU wasn’t so expensive)</p>

<p>oh, and they forgot to seal the envelope. cmu is really bad at sending stuff to their applicants…</p>

<p>Can anyone else who received it tell me what papers were inside? I wanna make sure nothing fell out.</p>

<p>I received my aid award letter, an estimated student balance calculation sheet, a estimated balance due worksheet, some “afford.com” thing for paying bills or something, and a brochure</p>

<p>My son still has not received any offer of $$$ from CMU so I called and spoke to them. They were happy to tell me that a Presidential Award is on its way. ($6K) Not so very impressive when you consider the cost of the school. We will likely be ruling out Carnegie Mellon on the basis of cost.</p>

<p>So if I call them, they will tell me how much money I got?</p>

<p>It could not hurt to call the Adm/Fin Aid office tomorrow and ask. They should know by now if they are extending a sholarship offer. They did not hesitate to look it up when I called. GOOD LUCK!!</p>