<p>So I checked to see if my financial aid had been processed, and I log on to my CASH page to find out that my COA is $43,978 for both semesters and EFC is $7826. I keep going to see that my "financial aid" is $42418 in various loans and a $1560 institutional grant for my two semesters. Is this what an OOS student should expect? I was let down when I was moved from Engineering to General Studies, but this closed the door on UT for me. Anyways, have any other OOS admits gotten their aid decision and does it look anything like mine?</p>
<p>OOS students should not expect generous aid from STATE SCHOOLS...</p>
<p>you should have applied to private schools and schools known for their financial aid...</p>
<p>florida has great schools oh and i see you're probably going to cornell? yeah i am from texas but decided on cornell. </p>
<p>my next best deal was tulane (which gave me more loans than cornell)</p>
<p>I wasn't expecting much, but it just kind of felt like a slap to the face. And I did apply to privates known for financial aid...but I also applied to UT for the engineering. And I pretty much hate all of the Florida schools to which I applied to. Hopefully they will not be an option.</p>
<p>I'm in state...
and I got less than that..
am I missing something? =X</p>
<p>of course..not being top 10% means that close to 0 of the boxes on the scholarship app were checked =.=</p>
<p>I'm in state and I got less, too. But remember that his EFC is about 1/6 of what he needs to pay, and I know my EFC was higher and my cost was lower, so I think it's quite normal, Archnoob.</p>
<p>WOW I thought my aid was a letdown....it's going to be hard for me to pay for UT as I got zero aid since COA was lower than my EFC and I got only loans but wow I don't see how any out of state student can go to UT if they're giving aid packages like that to them. Now i know why UT is like 95% instate students.</p>
<p>i dont think UT is one of the many top schools that meet all financial aid need...</p>
<p>here is a list i found of colleges that meet the full need</p>
<p>Amherst (MA)
Antioch (OH)
Barnard (NY)
Bates (ME)
Beloit (WI)
Bowdoin (ME)
Brown (RI)
Bucknell (PA)
California Institute of Technology (CA)
Campbell University (NC)
Carleton (MN)
Chapman (CA)
Claremont McKenna (CA)
Clarke College (IA)
Colby (ME)
Colgate (NY)
College of the Holy Cross MA)
Columbia (NY)
Connecticut College
Cornell
Dartmouth
Davidson (NC)
Duke
Emory
Franklin and Marshall (PA)
Georgetown University (DC)
Gettysburg (PA)
Grinnell (IA)
Hamilton (NY)
Harvard
Harvey Mudd (CA)
Haverford (PA)
Lafayette (PA)
Lake Forest College (IL)
Lawrence University (WI)
Macalester (MN)
MIT
Middlebury (VT)
Mount Holyoke (MA)
Northwestern (IL)
Oberlin (OH)
Occidental (CA)
Pomona (CA)
Princeton
Rice
Salem College (NC)
Scripps (CA)
Smith College (MA)
Southern Arkansas University
Stanford
St. Olaf College (MN)
Swarthmore
Talladega College (AL)
Thomas Aquinas College (CA)
Trinity College (CT)
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Pennslyvania
University of Richmond
University of Virginia
Vassar
Wabash College (IN
Washington University in St. Louis
Wellesley College
Wesleay University
Williams Colelge
Yale University</p>
<p>source: AdmissionsAdvice.com:</a> Which Schools Meet Full Need?</p>
<p>Is there a list somewhere of schools that meet full need with no more than $5000/yr of loans in the package, or something like that? (I don't understand how loans fit into the "this school meets full need" status of the schools above.)</p>
<p>UT generally meets all of your demonstrated financial need. However, they generally meet the vast majority of this need with loans.</p>