<p>Many of the previous posters said they sent their info in prior to Feb. 15 and they have a received date of 3/8. I think Quiet Type is right.</p>
<p>I sent an email three weeks ago to the Fin Aid office and they said that everything was indeed downloaded on 3/8/2010. So I’m assuming they are looking at the date on the actual FAFSA report to determine when you filed the info.</p>
<p>I got my fin aid report from Rutgers last week (accepted, but not going) and my aid was roughly $12000 in grants and loans, when my EFC was $9000. I heard PSU and RU are similar in terms of aid. PSU is going to be wayyy expensive if they offer me potatoes for aid, and it doesn’t help that I’m OOS :(</p>
<p>I SHOULD have been awarded the Bunton-Walker Scholarship–which I was not. I should have been given ALL the possible financial aid sources; it’s a TRAVESTY by PSU Aid office, that ALL it’s incoming freshman are given adequate financial aid. They are some students that have EFC(s) less than 1000, and are barely have the financial means from their families to support them in college. Penn State-University Park–a college of great tradition, has failed in it’s part, to help it’s incoming freshman out. Even, schools such as Notre Dame and Harvard–prestigous schools with rich history–help it’s underprivileged students greatly–whereas it’s the opposite at Penn State.</p>
<p>My student aid report is still blank. My efc is 0 so in theory I should get full grants. Which according to some people on here it’s not that much. I’m glad the DVA and ARNG will be paying ME to go to college so not that worried.</p>
<p>Jeez kids, sorry PSU has been rough with your aid. It is really a great place to live and learn. However if Penn State does doesn’t offer you some aid then I don’t blame you from not coming here. I would of not attended if I had to pay that tuition. </p>
<p>But you need to realize that in reality, you can take out loans to help fund your education. They don’t have to be paid back till after you graduate. After your freshmen year you should start to receive more $ from the university. </p>
<p>btw, Harvard and Notre Dame are private schools with larger tuitions than PSU. They can also afford to give out more financial aid from their larger trust funds to try to make up the difference.</p>
<p>I knew I probably wouldn’t qualify for any FA, but I should have some better scholarships. I got the academic excellence (SHC) scholarship which is 3500 a year. In my elion account it also said that I had a “recruitment scholarship” which is another 3500 a year. That seemed reasonable to me. Unfortunately, I looked this morning, and my recruitment scholarship is no longer there. How can Penn State expect me to pay 21000 in just tuition, room, and board when I can I have free tuition at Northeastern and other schools? Also, how can they expect me to make a decision when they are randomly handing out and taking away scholarships?</p>
<p>They are still putting together packages. If you saw a scholarship there and now its gone, I would call Fin Aid on MOnday and see whats up. It is still early and packages are still being assembled.</p>
<p>I’m OOS, my EFC is $0…and this PSU (Piece of **** Univ) offers $2,250 in aid? What a joke. I know not all schools say they will meet 100% of need, but Piece of **** Univ offers to meet just 5%. </p>
<p>I guess somebody has to pay for the 90 morons playing football.</p>
<p>OOS total is over $41K now, just about what many private schools are at…and they pay pretty decent aid. So PSu expects that they can cram 400-500 kids in a classroom, charge near-private school costs, and pay nil in aid. HA! They’re pretty full of themselves. This school isn’t as highly rated as they’d like to think. I was admitted into Smeal Business and their Leadership Program too. I can do much better. </p>
<p>All the chat about “…wait until after your freshman year…blah blah blah”. I was born at night, but I wasn’t born last night.</p>
<p>While not getting your aid met 100% is certainly frustrating, it’s pretty lame to call a college a piece of **** because of that. Also, that’s quite a good attitude you have there, I’m sure it will get you far in life!</p>
<p>yeah i dont get how any college that sees students clearly wont be able to Afford tuition dont help at all. as far as the person who said we can just reAlize loans are available, the whole point of loans is because we cannot afford it so loans are just financed tuitions with interest. so for the oos student, well finance around 140,000? first off, for families with efc 0 making less than 30-40k a year, where are you gonna find a loan like that in this economy? second, i love psu And wanna attend but i just cannot justify me paying more for school than friends attending ivy’s. thats just stupid</p>
<p>PSU is NOT the school you should apply to if you have a 0 EFC. Particularly if you are OOS. Any reasonable amount of due diligence would have made it clear that PSU is NOT generous (or even reasonable) with FA. Hopefully the applicants that did not research this before applying had the good sense to apply to some financial safety schools.</p>
<p>Jomass- Penn State is better off without you attending next year. Someone with that kind of attitude wouldn’t of gotten far during their freshmen year. </p>
<p>dshmizil1026- most student loans are made to the student with the family simply as a co-signer. The interest rates are very low while you are in school and loan companies want to pass out loans to college students, they aren’t any rarer in “this economy.”</p>
<p>okay. and i am not a family with a 0 efc btw. so im guessing i wont even get around the 5,000 or 6,000 people have been reporting on here. crap… any1 wanna help me in putting together an argument to try and fight for more aid? does any1 know is PSU flexibile with giving more aid or is this their final offer?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure what is posted on the elion isn’t final because normally they would put loans and stuff on there. All they have put on mine is what the federal grants and stuff are. Calm down and wait. They said they would get out the financial aid stuff at the end of March and I bet it will be the END of March, like the 29 or 30th. But they may surprise me.</p>
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<p>aglages - exactly! As I have written a couple of times now, PSU was VERY straightforward in their admissions presentation about the lack of financial assistance for incoming freshman. For anyone who took the time to check things out completely - the financial aid packages should not come as a surprise. That’s why it’s important to have both academic and financial safeties.</p>
<p>Do I think this is right? Of course not. But that’s the way it is.</p>
<p>They still give student loans though, right?</p>
<p>Several points to put forth here:
- Always have a realistic understanding of what a school will cost out of your (or your parent’s) pocket. It’s great to shoot for the highest ranked, most desirable school with the “perfect” program that you want. However, understand what it will cost to attend that school.
- Financial aid is just that - aid. It’s not a guarantee that you can afford any school you want.<br>
- MOST financial aid is in the form of loans. It’s not all “free” money.
- There are very, very few schools which promise to meet all financial needs of students. And they are getting fewer all the time.
- In general, private schools have more flexiblity in giving out scholarships than public schools.<br>
- Remember, the important thing is what you wind up paying at the end of the day, not how much money the school gave you in scholarships. If a school gives you a $20,000 scholarship, but the out-of-pocket cost is still higher than the school that gave you $2,000, what’s the better value?<br>
- Scholarships are NOT an entitlement, nor is there a guarantee that you will qualify for one at your “dream” school.
- There’s a reason we all talk about in-state vs. out-of-state tuition. It makes a difference.
- Be certain to file applications on time. For rolling admission (or quasi-rolling like PSU), it’s vital to apply early. If your application is late, don’t complain about not getting into the school or not getting the scholarship. Deadlines are there for a reason.
- No one on this forum can give you the reason why you specifically did or did not get merit or finanical aid at any school. If you want to know, contact the financial aid office at the school.
- Mistakes do happen. Another reason why it’s important to ask the school.
- Congratulations to EVERYONE who did get any money from PSU. As you should have learned, PSU is not the freest school with finanical and or merit aid.</p>
<p>@ to whoever said “I guess they had to pay the 90 some athletes somehow” or whatever. Their sports programs actually makes a killing in revenue. So that’s not the reason why you didn’t get the aid that you “deserved.”</p>
<p>I got mine for the summer session. Still waiting on the fall</p>
<p>summer:</p>
<p>Federal pell grant. 475
Post 9/11 GI BILL( 100% Tuition). 3402
Computer fee. 115<br>
Activity fee. 38</p>
<p>total = 4080</p>
<p>Is this the “final” Aid summary from Penn State or what? I do, wish to contest this “aid package” that I was offered from Penn State, and at least get a respectable aid package. With a EFC of $0 and coming from humble roots, it sure it’s difficult and cumbersome, to have a limited amount of financial aid from such a prestigious university.</p>
<p>It’s sad–as I read the posts on College confidential–the students having difficultly getting the financial sources to make their dream of attending University Park a reality. Attending University Park doesn’t have to be for the lavish or opulent student, who come from the “well-off” familes–or the legacies, no , It should be for all students. What ever happent to “Home of the Free”–or the pursuit of happiness… Did we somehow forget the montra, now. </p>
<p>I do wish to contest this travesty by the Student Aid office of Penn State–and hope that others reading my post to follow suit, as well.</p>