<p>Do most out of state students pay the sticker price of 36,500 (perhaps less the 2,000 that many get as merit aid)? Is more aid given to OOS students in the form of financial/merit aid based on fafsa #s? 34,500-36,500 is a lot of money for a public university. Anyone who has seen merit or financial packages for an average applicant at UVM, I would appreciate any info.</p>
<p>Can't comment on need based (FAFSA, CSS), but my D rec'd $3k per year. I think that is the max for OOS that is merit based.</p>
<p>mountandog, Thanks, and the 3K/yr. makes sense. According to the CB website:</p>
<p>Financial Aid Statistics
Full-time freshman enrollment: 1,953
Number who applied for need-based aid: 1,395
Number who were judged to have need: 1,102
Number who were offered aid: 1,094
Number who had full need met: 1,074
Average percent of need met: 87%
Average financial aid package: $17,342
Average need-based loan: $5,455
Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $12,913
Average non-need based aid: $2,684
Average indebtedness at graduation: $21,723 </p>
<p>It seems like OOS, and IS, are getting aid based on need more than merit, but I am just wondering, can OOS middle class students receive a doable package? I have been under the impression that most publics reserve their financial need grants for instate students.</p>
<p>When I applied two years ago, I was offered 3k/year and 15k/year in scholarships, the first based on merit and the latter based on merit and community service. I also received a little over $10,000 in financial aid (FAFSA based) for my first estimate.</p>
<p>cheers!</p>
<p>Drew</p>
<p>werd814, Thank you very much for your insight. Were you applying as an instate applicant?</p>
<p>My older son is a freshman at UVM and while certainly a bright kid, not in the range to attact merit aid from UVM. UVM's annual cost was above our family's EFC but they met the difference with a combination of a work study job, student loans (Stafford, Perkins, Green Mountain) and suggested a parental PLUS loan for the rest. In other words, no need based grant aid. Does make it very expensive. (Meanwhile my #2 Son is applying to colleges right now and due to his higher academic profile has been offered decent merit aid from each school he has heard from so far. But he is not applying to UVM so I sometimes wonder if UVM would have been more generous to a kid like him.)</p>
<p>Thanks,jdasmom. Cost of attendance is over 34,000 for out of state, which does make UVM very expensive without grants.</p>
<p>Yes, I forgot to add that we are out of state so it IS very expensive. We just finished filing the FAFSA for #2 Son with the various schools he has applied to. I will file #1 Son's FAFSA for UVM in a few weeks. With 2 kids in at once next year, UVM will receive a FAFSA showing our EFC cut in half. Will be interesting to see if they finally find some need based grant aid for us. I imagine they will just come up with even more student loans to offer my son. I think that private colleges can be more helpful in meeting financial need with grant or scholarship aid. My older son actually got merit aid offers from three private colleges he applied to and probably would have gotten need based grants from them too. These schools were somewhat lower tiered than UVM so he was not swayed by this, wanted to go to UVM! Sigh.</p>
<p>jdasmom, Would you kindly send a PM, or post here, as to which lower tiered schools offered merit money? I am looking for S #2. Our older son is in a public U too, but his public had in a sticker price in 2005 of 8500/year less than UVM, probably b/c it is in the south.</p>
<p>Northeastmom, they were Hartwick in Oneonta, NY, Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI and Champlain College in Burlington VT. I think the key is finding private colleges where your son is statistically well above the average (75th percentile or so) for their admitted students. These colleges usually will try to offer merit aid to encourage better students to come. And if you file the necessary financial aid paperwork with these schools, they will usually at least try to meet the rest of your documented need with need-based grants rather than piling one loan on top of the other. It is worth considering, anyway.</p>
<p>jdasmom, Thank you for your help.</p>
<p>northeastmom,</p>
<p>Sorry I haven't responded, I've been out of the country. I applied as a student from New York, though.</p>
<p>werd, no need to apologize. I hope you had a great time! Thanks for getting back. You got a great offer from UVM as an OOS student. It looks like they really wanted you to attend!</p>
<p>Aww, you're sweet. Thanks =). I had a blast-- it was so enlightening and so much fun! Best of luck to your child!</p>
<p>Thank you werd.</p>