<p>sorry guys! I know my aid is awesome, but my EFC is 0, so I thought I would get a bit more. </p>
<p>But, again, sorry!!!!!</p>
<p>lol nothing to be sorry about behappy99 =P My EFC was 747</p>
<p>Your family is expected to contribute an airplane to the school??? You must be loaded...
:)</p>
<p>hopkinslax, are you referring to me?</p>
<p>No,
"lol nothing to be sorry about behappy99 =P My EFC was 747"</p>
<p>awakien-i was quoting the poster above me, i got no need based aid at all *******..."Anyone could answer my questions? If I got $36,975 only, I would probably end up going to a state school! "</p>
<p>oh hahah...whoops ><</p>
<p>Arg, I wish college weren't so expensive. It's also really hard to compare packages with other people. The combination of my EFC, my scholarship, and my non-loan aid definitely doesn't give me 3,7000...in fact, I think I'm short by a lot even with the loans. I'm drooling over your aid, behappy. My parents have also told me that the EFC is actually higher than they're really able to pay although they'll do their best, but the loans we take out to meet the EFC are also on me. Everything adds up to debt! </p>
<p>In other words, I guess I'll be living in a box for a while after I graduate. </p>
<p>I actually bet my situation is normal, but that doesn't make the debt I'll be in after college any lower. How many of you are in a similar boat? We could share a box...</p>
<p>I'm definitely going to sign up to be an RA, though. I don't know about Rochester's policy, but at Dickinson (the other school I'm considering), you get 150/month plus a single room with no housing fees for being an RA. That's really not bad at all.</p>
<p>yeah its annoying as hell, my efc is around 39k, which almost full cost. There is no way in hell I can afford that and add in another 200k for grad expenses. Arrg knowledge vs stabilty, which in todays economy unfortunetly take precedence.</p>
<p>Behappy--Sorry to bug you about it, but again, I'm drooling...is the 37,000 all in grants/scholarships/workstudy or are there loans in there as well?</p>
<p>Insane_Membrane, I want to go to grad school, too. One thing I've heard a lot is that it's much easier to get scholarships for grad school than for college, so I'm definitely going to look into that (and try to keep my grades high). Still, that doesn't always necessarily work out, so I'll hold onto the box idea for now.</p>
<p>I'll live in a box with you, seole! UR wasn't even CLOSE to meeting my EFC...</p>
<p>I have about $6000 in loan, $2500 in work study, $ 100000 in something called Harmon potter, and the rest is grants.</p>
<p>I think you have one too many zeros for Harmon potter "100000"?? XD</p>
<p>oh, right! lol</p>
<p>It should be "$10,000"</p>
<p>lol. im beginning to notice that the whole 'my EFC is way higher than i can pay' situation is normal. same can be said for me. as for grad school, almost everyone gives u a fellowhip that allows you to go for free, pays most of ur expenses, and even has a salary thing. after all, ur helping someone do potentially groundbreaking. they're exploiting u pretty badly, so they might as well pay u</p>
<p>i somehow doubt that the vast majority of students in graduate school are given a full scholarship...</p>
<p>Is academic achievement a factor to determine what aid you got?</p>
<p>The full tuition scholarships are always done for science students (according to one of my professors). I am thinking it is definately not the same for liberal arts peoples.</p>
<p>Yes academic acheivement is factored in. However this has a cap of 12K (for this academic year, I don't know about the upcoming one...)</p>
<p>well if not majority, a good amount of ppl can do that...plus, u are guaranteed a graduate degree and phd if that's the program ur talking about...the physics department said they'd pay full tuition as well as a stipend throughout grad school (MD/Phd)...which is supposed to take a year longer but guaranteed degree...good option for creative ppl...</p>
<p>any way you can combine that with Rochester's 3-2 program.</p>