<p>JohnAdams12- thanks dude. I’m psyched! How was ur financial aid offer?</p>
<p>My D received a package like MedalLily’s. We’re thrilled! Some of us are, anyway. It’s a little hard on the two sisters who didn’t get such great offers and who are still looking at community college as a result.</p>
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<p>same here! I have other external scholarships, and hoping to find some more before May 1st for the pseodu-“full ride”</p>
<p>so does this mean all financial aid info is made available or are we still waiting? I received the dean’s scholarship but did not get any loans,work study, etc. When i went to check on wavenet, only the scholarship showed. I have a lot of financial need. I haven;t sent them the forms yet besides fafsa, so are they waiting on those forms?</p>
<p>They are waiting on your forms to confirm ur fafsa report. But all ur financial aid should be online. Though for some it might not be posted until april 1st.</p>
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<p>Congrats on all the aid! I received the dean’s scholarship for 22k but didn’t get any other aid and have an EFC of under 1k. May I ask what your need was? I find it so strange that I did not get any other assistance from the school except loans. Maybe this is because I am transfer student? With a 4.0 I was hoping to get some more merit assistance. I am hoping they might be willing to work with me on my financial aid package. Look forward to hearing back from you. Congrats again 
PS – Was the Cal Grant included in your FA package? If anyone has any data to share I would really appreciate the input!</p>
<p>Shopgirl89- thank you! I will gladly provide my info. My EFC was really low, lower than 100 since my dad’s job took a downturn last year. I don’t know if you being a transfer affects your packet. The cal grant was included in my packet with the pell grant as well. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks MedalLily! Hope to see you on campus in the fall :)</p>
<p>Glad to help. See u there!</p>
<p>so i got just a pepperdine university grant and an alumni grant to cover 25ish k of my first year…and the rest is covered by calgrants and fafsa…
so what does that mean for my second and third and fourth year?</p>
<p>It means that beyondwhatever scholarship is guaranteed for you that grants and loans will be based off your yearly FAFSA. You have to reapply each year & the amounts can varie from year to year.</p>
<p>Assuming that your financial situation doesn’t change drastically, your financial aid package should be about the same for all four years.</p>
<p>I’m curious about the stats of all the scholars.</p>
<p>Does anyone know where to find info on Pepperdine’s website about the Dean’s Scholarship?I’ve looked all over and can’t locate it. My D was a Dean’s Scholar, and I’d like additional info. (The letter was rather brief and vague.) Do you know how many there are, for example? Is the amount of $ given the same to each scholar? Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I know that not all the recipients get the same aid. Its a combination of merit and financial need.</p>
<p>Each Dean’s scholar receives $11,000 a semester for up to 8 semesters. It is the second of two academic scholarships given out by Pepperdine, and the first one is the Regent’s scholarship, where you get $13,000 a semester. I would say there’s probably, in the freshman class, 25-30 Regent’s scholars. I doubt there is many more Dean’s scholars than that.</p>
<p>Fall 2009 freshman class Merit Scholarships/grants = 81</p>
<p>average merit aid of these 81 schlarships = $21,015</p>
<p>for all full-time undergrad the above figures are 561 scholarships/grants at an average of $16,964</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.pepperdine.edu/institutional-effectiveness/facts-figures/CDS2009_2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.pepperdine.edu/institutional-effectiveness/facts-figures/CDS2009_2010.pdf</a></p>
<p>Interesting that 11% of freshman class gets merit aid, but 18% of total undergraduate student body get merit aid</p>
<p>I’m pretty shocked my son didn’t receive any offer of merit aid or scholarship, only loans. His SAT’s are 2080; GPA at a very challenging prep school 3.93, Six AP classes all with 4/5 scores. 4 years Latin, varsity tennis player, etc. Bye Bye Pepperdine</p>
<p>JohnAdams12 - There are departmental scholarships, music scholarships, etc that are “merit based” but not the same academic scholarships upon acceptance. That clear things up?</p>
<p>Yes, it clears things up perfectly clear. My son won’t be going to Pepperdine. They’re looking for well-off families to subsidize the college and possibly their financial aid commitments. Why would anyone pay for a college like Pepperdine when there are many significantly better schools out there willing to work with ALL families and reward those kids that deserve it?</p>