<p>Accepted with 16k rensselaer medal per year scholarship plus about 8.6k grant per year.
4.0+ gpa, salutatorian, 31 composite ACT, tons of extracurriculars. Didn’t show much interest, don’t really want to go there bc it’s a bit cold, and $64k per year for a college is ridiculous. </p>
<p>I was accepted, but the amount that I’d have to pay seems pretty outrageous. I got the leadership award for $26,200, and a random grant for $8,800. Adding in all the other financial aid stuff, it comes to about $52,580 with an estimated family cost to attend of $11,720… I knew what I was getting into when I applied here, but I figured that, given my financial situation, it’d be at least a little bit lower. Would anyone on this thread happen to know if RPI is flexible with their need-based aid? Any anecdote good or bad would do, because at this point even if I wanted to attend I couldn’t.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t think there will be many people here complaining about $52.5K in scholarship and grant. Not to sound flippant, but you pay the rest with loans. $11K soup to nuts is less than a state school by a good clip.</p>
<p>I think accooper has $17k+ in loans and work study as part if that $52k package.</p>
<p>I was accepted with 24k scholarship but with 1990 SAT. I didn’t show interest because it is far away.</p>
<p>I got accepted, but how do I see my financial aid offering?</p>
<p>my bro got a message,“admission decision will be released via postal mail”, Rejected??</p>
<p>The $11,720 is what’s left for me to contribute after all the federal aid (including loans) is subtracted. I would have to take out more loans, in addition to the yearly $7,500 of subsidized, unsubsidized, and perkins loans, in order to attend for the 2014-2015 year. It may not be relevant, but to put RPI’s cost in perspective, I had an expected family cost to attend of about $600 for Northeastern. I just don’t see how that number can be correct; if they really expect my family to contribute so much with the fafsa and css profile information I gave them, I would rather them not have accepted me at all xD I feel like they’re teasing me</p>
<p>@aacooper14 You should try to appeal, especially if you have offers from other schools that are better. I don’t know about RPI but people on other threads report successful negotiations.</p>
<p>@crowlady Thank you for the response! </p>
<p>I was accepted!</p>
<p>Ok so this might sound snobby and entitled… But I’m kind of upset that they only gave me 20,000 per year in merit aid when so many people on this thread seem to have gotten higher. It’s making me nervous for the reach schools I applied to :/</p>
<p>I am female with a 2210 SAT, 770 math2, 760 USH, 760 chem, salutatorian with the most rigorous courseload possible, and I have a decent amount of EC’s.</p>
<p>I was accepted but where do I find the financial aid package? I don’t see a link to it anywhere</p>
<p>@timfredo the link to my financial aid was at the bottom of my acceptance letter. :)</p>
<p>Congrats to all of you accepted! :)</p>
<p>@LadyPikachu what does it say exactly? Because I don’t see anything under my letter</p>
<p>DD accepted with $20,000 leadership scholarship. Very rigorous course load, 3.82 uGPA, 4.7 wGPA, ACT 35, SAT Math II 770, SAT Chem 700, AP Calc AB 5 (junior year), many other APs, leadership, top notch essays, etc. </p>
<p>@LadyPikachu, I would suspect there’s some inverse correlation between EFC and the amount of merit aid. My EFC was close to full tuition, even though I keep wondering how in the world they come up with those numbers. Would you mind sharing your EFC?</p>
<p>Even though these colleges are non profit, in the end quality education costs money. You might argue if it really should cost that much, but that’s what’s great about markets - you always have many choices, and it is the market (thankfully) that sets the prices. I for one, am happy to pay, even though it might be a stretch. Good luck with your admissions.</p>
<p>@LadyPikachu if it makes you feel any better my sons merit was lower than yours. But his stats were a bit lower as well.</p>
<p>@LadyPikachu Did you get an email or did you check on the website?</p>
<p>@LadyPikachu, my son was offered around $20K with similar stats. Our EFC is also close to full pay. </p>
<p>@timfredo There was a link that said “Financial Aid Letter - March 8, 2014” under “Decision Letter - March 8, 2014 (displayed).”</p>
<p>@iulianc and @RPIAlum86 The EFC listed for my letter isn’t close at all to covering tuition. I think maybe my demonstrated lack of interest might have been a factor - I didn’t submit a writing supplement when the option was offered, and I didn’t visit either.</p>
<p>@RandomLunchbox I didn’t get an email, I logged into the application status check on the website. By the way, I like your username!</p>