<p>Fortunately, I was accepted into CAS. HOWEVER, my enrolling at BU was very much dependent on a substantial financial aid package. </p>
<p>My SAT was 2020, I was ranked in top 8% in a graduating class of 950 and editor-in-chief of school newspaper. On the financial side of things, my EFC was just under $5,000. All financial aid documents were submitted by mid-February.</p>
<p>BU’s aid package for me was just over $4,000, all consisting of loans. Their reasoning for the absence of a grant was that others were stronger academically, which I am sure is true. However, according to their “Guide to Financial Aid” pamphlet, my credentials and EFC would have netted me between 20 and 30 thousand dollars. BU is not my first choice, but should I try to appeal, or at least get a more detailed explanation? Thanks all.</p>
<p>ABSOLUTELY APPEAL. First off, what it the breakdown of your sat score? Second, its seems rather odd for them to not have given ANY grant, especially with an EFC of $5,000. Unless, their is a financial aspect you are not thinking about, possibly any money that has been left for you for retirement, that type of stuff. It can have something to do with so many things but from experience, my high school record was not impressive, AND my EFC was almost at half tuition, AND I still got well over 20,000 of grants. So in the end, it will not hurt one bit to appeal. Thats what I did even when I got my fin. aid package, AND I ended up getting 5k more.</p>
<p>My EFC was really low too but they only gave me $3,000 in loans. And my GPA is 3.8 UW and 4.2W and I am in the top 5% of my class unweighted, and top 1% weighted. However, my SAT scores were pretty low, 1900. But I thought I should have qualified for some of those grants and scholarships, but I guess not. I really didn't even want to go there but when I saw how many merit scholarships they offered I thought it was worth a try and although it wasn't my favorite school it would at least get me out of Oregon! But now I won't be going there, I guess it helps me narrow down my college selection!</p>
<p>jen, did you have financial need? I am thinking of appealing b/c my sats are 1330 (old) or 1950 (new) and my gpa is near perfect plus i have the extracurriculars and what not, but i demostrate no need... on paper that is. yet i cannot attend a school like bu without substaintial merit scholarships. being that bu was a safety i was shocked that i got nothing- any thoughts if i should appeal? I guess ill wait until i hear back from other schools first...</p>
<p>no, i don't have financial need. syracuse @ $43,000/yr didn't give me a penny & BU gave me the scholarship + $1250 "need-based". I know your predicament though, we don't have need on paper but that doesn't mean our parents can plunk down close to $200,000 for a name-brand college education.</p>
<p>ouch you really got screwed thekorm19...
my sat was 1350/1980...3.84 uw....28/833 top 4%...which is rather similar to yours and i got 43k in aid...36 in grants...so yeah..sry bout your situation</p>
<p>My family efc was less than 20k and my stats were okay. I got 500 dollars in scholarship (oucccchhhh), and about 2500 in loans. My family neede about 15k for me to even consider it. Luckily osu is letting me in for less than 14k and miami for less than 16k, but I would perfer to go to bu. My family is going to call tommorow, so is my guidance counselor. Hoping for you as well!</p>
<p>I got 13500 in grants, plus another 2-4k in loans... that whole package totalled abotu 20k and my EFC is like 23k.
Basically, my parents have to pay the EFC and boston is covering the rest. I can't really complain because my ACT was only 29 and SAT 1870.
I dont know... it would be nice to have more, but I have to be thankful for what I have.</p>
<p>I got about 2,000 in loans and that's it. I was a little surprised because my stats are not amazing but they're definitely comparable to those getting much more money. I'm really disappointed because there is no way I can go to BU now.</p>
<p>Expected Family Contribution. it is the amount calculated to be your family's share of your education based on income, assets, etc. It is an annual number and can change from year to year.</p>