<p>8000 deans today! UR is the top choice for now...</p>
<p>$7000 IB scholarship... is this the only scholarship I get...usually colleges send in all scholarships together, I was just wondering why I didn't get any dean's scholarship thing...</p>
<p>got 21,283 in total money.</p>
<p>I finally got my financial aid package!</p>
<p>Does anyone know what Harmon Potter is?</p>
<p>And the letter shows my total financial aid = $36,975, but I don't see it includes my merit-based scholarship ($6000). </p>
<p>So I should recieve total $ 42,975, am I right?</p>
<p>I wouldn't count loans in financial aid....you're gonna pay it back later.</p>
<p>BTW...I got a new letter. It's a 10K IB scholarship....then 3600 Rochester Grant...both renewable per year I hope. Financial aid really sucks.</p>
<p>Anyone could answer my questions? If I got $36,975 only, I would probably end up going to a state school! :(</p>
<p>umm i think ur right...but if ur getting even 37k or w/e...it's still a huge chunk out of the total...i mean you wouldn't be getting all the free cash at a state school...i'm going with only 27k total...</p>
<p>they gave me some money..but i still need more. so i decided to call them. : )</p>
<p>btw does anyone know if rochester offers any programs to make room and board free, like being an RA or anything else.</p>
<p>You get paid to be an RA, thats all i know really.</p>
<p>Sorry for my ignorance! What is RA?</p>
<p>residential advisor i believe or resident advisor...basically an upperclassmen who advises his or her wing/floor/w.e</p>
<p>Anyone could answer my questions? If I got $36,975 only, I would probably end up going to a state school! </p>
<p>only 37,000???
i got 0 need based and im appealing my 6k merit scholariship...</p>
<p>wow, get lost slope u asswipe lol, only $37000? cant u read that some people here are getting close to nothing? take ur 37000 and go somewhere else then, so someone else can get the $ who deserves it more than you</p>
<p>and how the hell do you appeal a scholarship? what hole do you hail from mate? and speak english damnit</p>
<p>why would u want to go to a state school when you're getting so much better an education with so much financial help....37k financial aid is really really good...is that loans only or grants and other stuff?</p>
<p>Everyone's financial situation is different. For all you know behappy99 (not slope, Awakien) really cannot afford to pay the extra 9K to go, perhaps the state school is free for them or they would rather not come out of college more than 40K in debt if they took out loans.</p>
<p>37K is a lot of money, yes, but you shouldn't assume it would be enough for everyone.</p>
<p>37k is enough for anyone...especially with all the low interest loans available now - and everyone is bound to find a job if they were to just look. Keep in mind that much of that 37k is FREE MONEY (Grants and Scholarships, at most a few thousand are given as loans/workstudy-like $5000). The avg total cost to go to UR is roughly $42,000 - and you could always lower that by several hundred dollars if you dont take the most popular board package. 37k covers MUCH of that. I just feel insulted whenever someone compares UR to a state school if their financial package at UR makes the cost even soemwhat similar to their state school.</p>
<p>And also - A College education is a LIFETIME investment. We are fortunate enough to get so much aid for our education as it is. I hate to sound like my parents but seriously, people need to stop taking things for granted.</p>
<p>taking things for granted it one thing (I for one, would be beyond elated if any school gave me that much money to attend) and I will also concede that it is very lucky and fortunate for those with financial hardships to receive money to attend universities but I can't agree that 37K would be enough for everyone. </p>
<p>Especially if that person wants to attend grad school or medical school--or higher tiers of education that may require even more loans. Granted, the income a person can earn with a MA or PhD or w/e could more than likey pay off 100K+ loans in time but that's a burden may are unwilling to carry. I'm not saying people are lazy so much as different people have different takes on how "large" a sum of money is and 40K may very seem like an impossible amount of money, particularly if a person's family does not even make half that kind of money. </p>
<p>And whose to say a person could not do just as well at a state school than UR or any other top 30 school? (Recall that not everyone is as much in love with UR than you or I may be :))</p>
<p>LoL you have a point there - some state schools are really quite exceptional...but most are not.
I am definitely planning on continuuing my education through a PhD program...Maybe it is just me but I think people are just making too much of a big deal about money. The purpose of your education is to get you a job that you will love (something you have a passion in). Not everyone may agree/relate to my philosophy, but I am willing to do whatever it takes to find and get that job - no matter the expense.</p>
<p>interesting debate, i have to say. you know, 37k probaby means ur loaning up to about 10k a year, which is a relatively hefty 40k after u leave college. remember, that, while you say that the 37k is only about 5k in loans, it's not true. it may true for u, because you don't qualify for most of the loans. perkins, stafford, so on and so on. i know someone who's got a 32 k financial aid offer, and much more than 5k of that is loans. if u add to that the potential differnce between the 43k price tag and the EFC, you're looking at a large financial burden</p>
<p>heck, im in love with Rochester, but the prospect of having to loan about 15k per year, coupled with expenses for flights and all, almost sent me to Penn, as much as i don't like the place. </p>
<p>dont underestimate the role of the financial burden in the college selection process</p>