<p>So I got my financial aid package the other day and for some reason according to Cornell my expected family contribution is only half of the ETC on fafsa. I was just wonder if it was reasonable to get $26000 in grants, 600 for that one scholarship, and about 3k in loans when I am an only child and my family income is about $150000 and we own our home. I'm asking because I didn't get nearly as much or nothing at all for some of the other private schools I got into like Northwestern and Hopkins. </p>
<p>Also would it be possible if my aid were dramatically reduced next year?</p>
<p>Cornell’s aid is known to be more generous than Northwestern and Hopkins… but this might be a bit much. You might want to contact the financial aid office to affirm.</p>
<p>And in the current economic climate it’s possible that aid may be dramatically reduced at any number of schools next year.</p>
<p>just to confirm here, the grant is COMPLETELY need based right? So getting that Dean’s Award for $600 has no effect on the grant?</p>
<p>thats a LOT , my family earn 1/2 as much as yours and we dont have a house. and we get less aid that that…</p>
<p>wow lol. my family is in a similar situation and i received no aid whatsover, we didn’t qualify. that’s odd but really, congrats haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, I hope it’s not just a first year thing…</p>
<p>could the OP be hispanic?</p>
<p>if cornell aid is more generous than hopkins, then i’m lucky, because i got like 20k in aid from them…</p>
<p>That’s a good point. The OP may be one of the special ‘targeted’ students.</p>
<p>What does being hispanic have anything to do with that? and no i’m not hispanic i’m asian. </p>
<p>what “targeted”? Are they getting people to come by giving them so much aid and then cutting them off the second year?</p>
<p>URMs are often given the better finAID packages versus other schools because cornell NEEDS them to fill numbers…</p>
<p>the cutting them off 2nd year problem has sometimes been asked…i havent seen someone’s case like you in awhile…i would just do what cayuga said and make sure it’s a good offer…</p>
<p>Starting this year, certain URMs, athletes, and other high-achieving students with documented financial need are having some of their loans replaced with grants.</p>
<p>[C.U.?s</a> New Aid Plan Will Help During Econ. Crisis | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2008/12/05/cu’s-new-aid-plan-will-help-during-econ-crisis]C.U.?s”>http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2008/12/05/cu’s-new-aid-plan-will-help-during-econ-crisis)</p>
<p>so should i email their financial aid office and just ask them to double check?</p>
<p>i got a $33,500 grant, family income about 120,000-130,000 6 kids, one other of which is in 2nd year of college</p>
<p>am i poor enough to keep this kind of aid up, or once my sister is out of college will my grant be reduced by a lot?</p>