<p>So if you've been accepted and applied by the priority date, when do you find out if you were granted any scholarships?</p>
<p>Or am I just being dumb and they just tell when you've been accepted?</p>
<p>I called and asked. They said scholarship/fin aid materials are being mailed in April -- whether early or late the financial aid representative wasn't sure</p>
<p>I just checked myUW and it says my financial aid package has been prepared & I was able to view it online. Did anyone else encounter this? Did you get any scholarships/grants?</p>
<p>I got $25000 in loans...no scholarships. Looks like I won't be attending UW :(</p>
<p>It's too bad that the UW isn't really giving out any scholarships. They only have Huskey Promise, but that's for especially needy students.</p>
<p>Uhh...so my financial aid package has been prepared as well. I'm having trouble interpreting it...but I'm guessing I didn't receive any scholarships since it's not listed as a "Fund" category in my Total Aid Offered chart. But I think I got some grants? Federal Pell Grant and Federal Supplemental Grant?</p>
<p>So in the chart does the "Year Total" sum mean how much grant you received for the 2007-2008?</p>
<p>And under Summary, "Remaining Needs" mean how much you have to pay?</p>
<p>Haha, I keep editting this post...</p>
<p>What's the Undergrad Tuition Exemption?</p>
<p>FinAid statement came in the mail yesterday - all loans. This, along with UW's FRAP crap, has pretty much sealed the deal for D to go out-of-state, to a Univ that offers her to start out in her major from day one, and with a scholarship that makes it cheaper than in-state at UW.</p>
<p>Gotta love having a back-up plan. UW did us no favors.</p>
<p>AFA, same story here. Out-of-state publics were far more forthcoming with merit money than UW. I guess their target demographic is low EFC, full-ride OOS, and liberal arts majors (no offense meant). WashDadJr. wants to study engineering and is still confused why UW won't let him start as an engineering major, and will require him to apply to a particular engineering department for his junior year. Even if he is a 4.0 at UW, they still won't guarantee a spot in their engineering school in two years. So, why risk it when every other college that has accepted him will let him study his major from the first term? Combined with notoriously bad campus housing and no financial help, it's almost like UW just doesn't care. (Washington State, on the other hand, admitted Jr to their engineering school, and offered him university and departmental merit to the tune of 60% of tuition. How about that...)</p>
<p>The bad thing is, my parents just don't understand the fact that UW isn't giving out scholarships. My dad keeps telling me how his friends have sons and daughters who are getting $3000 from WSU and even more from out of state colleges. I keep telling him, but he just thinks I'm embarassed because I didn't get any scholarship money from the school I'll be going to. It's so frustrating!!</p>
<p>WashDad,</p>
<p>UW was suppose to be "MY" safety from a financial point of view. Now my D has 2 of her picks (Gonzaga and U. of S. Carolina) putting hard cash on the table. As it stands now, other than incidentals/transportation, Gonzaga is nothing out of pocket, and South Carolina only about $4K difference as an OOS. D still waiting to hear from that "other" USC down I-5, and from UPenn (her reach). If she gets accepted to either it wouldn't surprise me that they offer more than UW too. Add to that, UW has some hocus-pocus FRAP process that admissions uses and didn't even pass D's file over to the Business school for review. I can understand that a lot of incoming freshmen are undecided about a major - but it's a disadvantage to those who already know to be placed in the School of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Then we get the UW housing news - big deposit upfront, because there may not be enough housing. 4pm sign-up like it's a lottery or Oklahoma land rush.</p>
<p>I sent D's FinAid package back to UW with a request for change, not expecting anything. We could probably go ahead and send UW a declination letter but agreed we would only do those after a deposit has been accepted by our final choice. D is happy - but I feel like a fool for wasting an application on UW. D wanted her 5th application to go to U. of Oregon - I vetoed that, but the Ducks may also have made a better offer.</p>
<p>Wait.. Gonzaga offered your daughter enough to go for free? Because they offered me what I thought was a lot, but it would still involve taking out around $2000 a year in private loans.</p>
<p>Well Burmap, if you can beat $2000 out of pocket a year at UW I would say you've done good.</p>
<p>I may still have to pay that much if D chooses Gonzaga - car/insurance, and other personal expenses.</p>
<p>But yeah - other than that I would be free and clear. </p>
<p>Again, I would be elated if UW left me with only $2K to pay out of pocket. </p>
<p>For me, if my D wants to go to Gonzaga more than UW, I can't complain.</p>
<p>Just wish we could have looked a little harder at more OOS/Private colleges instead of thinking UW would be a financial "safety".</p>
<p>To me that's alot. Plus my other loans.. On my financial aid statement there was about $6000 a year in loans (Stafford and Perkins) plus about $2000 in work study which I get in paychecks and couldn't use towards my tuition or fees. So that would really be like $10,000 in loans a year, or about $40,000 for my entire undergraduate education.</p>
<p>Does that seem worth it for a school like Gonzaga? I really have no idea.. Would it be better to go there with all the debt or go to WWU or CWU with only a few thousand dollars in debt at graduation?</p>
<p>If I even get into UW I think I am eligible for the Husky Promise, but that still involves taking out loans for everything other than tuition!</p>
<p>God.. I think I should get a college math credit just for figuing out how to pay for college.. :)</p>
<p>UW would be a financial safety only for an Harward-admitted applicant( or something like that) who qualifies for Mary Gates Scholarship( full ride if memory serves) , but they DO have smaller merit scholarships for in-state students. They were also quiet fair to us last year. We have to pay our EFC, S has a Stafford loan and a scholarship which covers the rest. Housing deposit is refundable, if you change your mind before the deadline. As for not being admitted into engineering right away....S's roommate came in as a pre-aeronautics major. 2 quarters later he changed his mind and doesn't want to be in engineering anymore. Luckily, the pre-reqs he took during these 2 quarters allow him to pursue any number of things. :) There are of course a few people admitted into competitive majors right away, but they seem to be supremely qualified. WSU usually gives more money than UW, but S wouldn't even apply( we live in Pullman, H teaches at WSU, S has taken Running Start classes there for 2 years) . :)</p>
<p>parabella,</p>
<p>Sorry to disagree, but I think most people choose their in-state U. as a financial safety - simply because other than community college it probably as the lowest tuition to start with.</p>
<p>Of, course those with 4.0 GPA, 2400 SAT, music prodigy, etc. can apply to almost anywhere and get great shcolarship offers - and those with so-so stats should already know that their parents better have some deep pockets (and if a legacy has no worries).</p>
<p>Hence, in-state U is expected to be a safety for most people sqeezed between the truly exceptional, and those who have deep pockets (not to mention the issue of diversity where overcoming hardships trumps grades/GPA).</p>
<p>Having heard that WSU is more generous in FinAid than UW from various sources, I guess I made the wrong choice of in-state safety school. And yes some kids are probably better off in the general freshman Arts and Sciences pool. Others already have a set plan - your S's roommate then possibly "wasted" a slot for someone who was more certain of their major.</p>
<p>UW is reviewing D's FinAid package - and we won't send in a declination until a final decision is made. But comparing UW to Harvard is a stretch by anyones immagination - especially in the area of financial aid.</p>
<p>WSU, WWU, CWU, EWU would be financial safeties. UW- hardly. :) That said, S got his scholarship about a month after the initial FinAid offer was sent. We went to the Honors admitted students day, showed them S's other FinAid offers which included merit money and in about 2 days the scholarship notification was in the mail( maybe it was a coincidence, I don't know) . S lives in the Honors housing and practically everybody there has merit money from UW.
S's roommate didn't "waste" anything for anybody, because he WASN'T admitted straight into the major ( PRE-engineering) . it just that plans may change in college. Before S started taking Running Start classes, he thought about a career in the biosciences. After a year of science classes at WSU he changed his mind completely. He then tried humanities, history and PoliSci and found his right place. Thankfully it happened before college, or we would have a cranky biochem major instead of a happy-as-a-clam "PoliSci-Econ-thinking of minoring in Russian" one.</p>
<p>AFA,
if memory serves, UPenn is a "need only" school, they don't have any merit awards. And you are right, in-state schools ARE the least expensive for the residents( in our case UW was the only in-state school S would consider, and it was his #3 pick overall) . The rest of his schools gave him more merit money, but being far away and really expensive, there was still a gap between the EFC and money offered. UW ended up exactly what it was supposed to be-affordable. :) He probably would get more merit money out of WSU( plus faculty-brat scholarship) , but as I said earlier-it was not under consideration, he just doesn't like it. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply parabella,</p>
<p>Didn't mean to step on any toes about your S's roommate - just that UW's admissions office admitted to me that there are no "qualified" standards to determine placement of freshmen (FRAP) in a specific school other than Arts and Sciences. As my S attended the Air Force Academy, I was predisposed to use the term "wasted" as there are a lot of highly qualfied candidates to service academies that don't get in - only to have someone later quit in the first couple of months. If my D send in her decline letter, I certainly hope someone on UWs waitlist can benefit.</p>
<p>I guess I could have closed out my particpation on UW's thread on this forum, but I was only commiserating with others who found a cold shoulder from UW's FinAid office or had dealt with FRAP. </p>
<p>As stated, D is still waiting on UPenn and USC - but she is already satisfied with the offers from Gonzaga and USC (Moore School of Business), so it is already unlikely that UW's final offer will make her change her mind. It could have been a problem if UW was D's #1 or #2 choice - turning down better financial offers would have been a bitter pill to swallow (which, if UW were an elite school, that pill would be easier to swallow). </p>
<p>For those of you whose hopes in UW were fulfilled, congratulations and best of luck to your Ss/Ds.</p>
<p>Bottomline - D is very happy, and relieved, that she probably won't have to attend UW just because I thought it would be "my" safety school in terms of costs. She may miss the water and mountains a little, but she was always confident that her college experience would be served better elsewhere than at UW - just as others feel that UW serves their's best.</p>
<p>And just to put in a closing Husky dig - D will either enjoy watching better hoops as a Zag, or more excitement on the gridiron with Spurrier's Gamecocks.</p>
<p>To everyone his/her own. S would not attend Gonzaga no matter how good their b-ball team is. Too small, to catholic, too Spokane for him. He always wanted a large school in a city or close ( his top 2 choices were Berkeley and NYU) . All schools were his choices, not ours, so whatever the outcome, HE would have been happy in any of those. He new that finances would ultimately decide, and was gracious in relinquishing his top 2 because of the gap in FinAid our finances would not let us breach. The thought of making him to apply to a school he would be relieved not to go never entered our minds. "Love Thy Safety" , it's a CC motto for a reason. :)</p>
<p>parabella,</p>
<p>My last post was going to be my swan song for this thread, but your "too small, too catholic, too Spokane" deserves a response. Again, without a doubt UW should be a financial safety school for Washington residents - my comments were mostly directed at the shortfall of FinAid being handed out. Then you come on here comparing UW to Harvard in terms of FinAid? Even you admitted your S compromised his top 2 choices for UW for financial reasons - so why be so sanctimonious? By the way, my S's safety 4 years ago was UW as well - he got admitted to UCLA, GaTech, and the Air Force Academy. And yes, for engineering, we would have sucked it up for either UCLA or GaTech if he had not chosen AFA. But UW was decidedly a financial safety then, and was this year for D as well, this in no way is detracting for those truly wanting to go to UW for their education regardless of FinAid packages. I was merely commenting on the fact that UW has gotten a bit stingy on FinAid.</p>
<p>Oh, and sports is just a bonus - I certainly don't expect anyone to factor in that unless S/D is an athlete choosing where to play. But it certainly felt good a couple years ago sitting in Husky Stadium watching little Air Force punch in a TD in the closing seconds to beat UW.</p>