<p>Well i called to check the status of my financial aid, they told me that my parent's contribution is 0 and my student contribution is 2980. Should I appeal my student contribution? I imagine that my student contribution is from the federal work study program? I dont know i dont have my paper yet. I imagine that I got everything paid except for the 2980? i dont know... Note, my family income is less than 20k.</p>
<p>Student contribution is required of all students at Cornell. It isn’t specifically you.</p>
<p>They will give you FWS eligibility and you can appeal to turn those into loans if you would like.</p>
<p>Let’s round that number up to $3000. I’m sure you can muster up at least $500 from gifts, savings, birthdays, etc.</p>
<p>That’s about $2500 you need to pay. Your high school should end in June. Cornell starts up around August. That’s two months. $2500 divided by 2 is $1250. Divide that by 4 and you get $312.50. Divide that by 7 and you get $44. Divide that by the minimum wage, which should be around $8, giving you approximately 5.6. Working 6 hours a day shouldn’t be hard. What else you are going to do during the summer? Get a good job (you might want to do it in the morning so you can play in the evening with your friends or something), preferably something that pays higher than the minimum wage.</p>
<p>That’s what I’m plannin’ to do~ I’ve already nagged 3 job offers. 
HELL YEAH!</p>
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<p>Great Recession? What?</p>
<p>There is a lot of sense of entitlement here. My daughter is required to contribute 10,000 a year to her education a year, and she is not on financial aid.</p>
<p>its already low enough. i don tthink u’ll get more. work during the school year and summer and you can more than make that by yourself.</p>
<p>I’m paying 8k/yr for my portion of Cornell (stude3nt contribution, loans, WS, and scholarship estimate), and my parents are paying the EFC of like 13k/yr. And I have had to pay for my own car insurance and gas and maintenance and don’t get an allowance, and have two jobs.</p>
<p>Get a job and pay for it. You’re paying 3k/yr for a 54k/yr education, stop asking for more.</p>
<p>Be happy with what you got. That is an extremely good deal. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that Cornell will not come to you and demand your student contribution. In fact, you might not actually have to pay in at all. Take a look at your Financial Package. Does the aid Cornell has given you cover the following? Tuition, Fees, Room, and Dining. Ignore books and misc fees for now. If so, you should not be bursared anything at all. </p>
<p>Your personal expected contribution is probably the money you need to survive. For example, you could spend about 500 dollars on textbooks, but you won’t need to actually pay any fees to Cornell. </p>
<p>Does this help?</p>
<p>i dont think they will remove that even if you do appeal. its just given to every student. if you dont come up with the student contribution, in august you can fill out a Summer Savings Adjustment form and whatever you don’t come up with will be charged to you in the forms of either loans or work study. If you don’t have work study, it’ll probably be work study. But since youre parents aren’t contributing anything you probably already have federal work study. it might not be maxed out though so some of the student contribution could at least be work study.</p>
<p>anyways you should really try and find a job,although i know it’s not as easy as that dude up there made it sound like. even if you didnt have the student contribution to pay, you’re going to want money saved up for the school year to use for whatever, like a cell phone.</p>
<p>they will not remove it…what they can do…is give you loans to cover that amount</p>
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<p>In OP’s defense, their family doesn’t earn very much. My family has been something like a few hundred dollars above the poverty line for the past year and a half, and almost all of the money I earn during breaks goes to paying for food and a portion of the bills. I would agree that being poor doesn’t entitle one to free money, but maybe OP is desperate to make ends meet. </p>
<p>To OP: I have tried unsuccessfully in the past to appeal the student contribution. But the good thing is that they’ll still offer you loans (a much better deal than private ones).</p>
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<p>Then he can take it out in loans and pay it back when he graduates and uses his education to get a good job. I don’t care if you’re an orphan- you can take out a subsidized $12k loan to pay for a college education that will pay for that in less than a year.</p>
<p>I totally understand if he cannot come up with 3k a year, but he can take out a loan like the rest of us.</p>
<p>Thank you all for ur comment. The reason I asked is because I gotta take a summer course which will be about $1000. And I been trying the best of my ability to find a job. But instead of seeing a “now hiring sign,” i see “STORE NOW CLOSING!! EVERYTHING 70% OFF!!” I think Imma take a loan out fir the first year and the year after those, I will work on campus and have a summer job :).</p>
<p>I know this is a WONDERFUL financial aid package! btw :)… Im not complaining though 
i was just wondering :)… hehe…</p>
<p>i got a question, when payment is due, do i have to pay my student contribution right away? How does the federal work study work? I have 2040 total in work study. Since my student contributioin is 2930, does that mean I have to pay 890 when payment is due? or all of 2930? If i do have to pay all of it upfront, how can i go about getting a subsidized loan to cover it?</p>
<p>You’re going to be billed by semester, so to get a rough estimate of the amount they’ll expect cut that $2930 in half. Your bill won’t necessarily be exactly that amount, however; they’ll add up all of your charges and then subtract your financial aid from it to determine how much you owe. Also, you will receive monthly billings for things that get charged to your account (for example, Net-Print, laundry, lab fees, charges on your Cornell Card).</p>
<p>All the $2040 in work-study means is that your employer will receive up to that much with which to compensate you. Work-study actually gives you complete freedom; you can spend the money you earn however you wish to spend it (for example, supplies, bills, send it back home, save up for books).</p>
<p>If you want to get a loan, just call the Financial Aid office and they’ll tell you how to get that arranged. If paying the semester’s bill upfront is a hardship, Cornell also offers an installment plan (monthly billing), but for a somewhat large fee.</p>
<p>ok so since my student contribution is $2930, i have to pay $1465 when the fall semester bill is due right?</p>
<p>Or do i have to pay $1465 + $1020 (half of the FWS)= $2485? </p>
<p>Cuz FWS is not just given to me right? I have to work for it when i get to campus right? I still do not completely understand the FWS.</p>
<p>Also the Cornell installment plan sounds appealing to me. How does that work? and how much is the enrollment fee?</p>
<p>you pay 1465 in the fall semester. you do not pay half of FWS, you work for it. you don’t pay 2000 in work study, you receive 2000 in work study.</p>
<p>O okay! :). THats sweet!! Based on what i read, the FWS gives me an advantage in finding a job on campus correct?</p>
<p>And once I get a job on campus, it gives i get a bi-weekly paycheck which i can use for anything right ? :)… this is a sweet :D…</p>
<p>Now has anyone done the Cornell Installment Plan? How is it? Is it worth it? Should I do the CIP or get a subsidized loan?</p>
<p>i would take out as much loan as i can…dont feel like you need to work just b/c you have FWS…</p>
<p>i would not do the CIP if you have less than 10k to pay…</p>
<p>There is a 80 administration fee for the installment payment. It’s not worth it for a few thousand. It only makes sense if you are paying 50,000/yr - instead of paying 25,000 each time, you are paying 5000/mon.</p>
<p>I would work (look good on your resume), and take out no loan if possible. You may want to take out a loan later to go abroad.</p>