<p>36000-11000=25000 = the amount of money i need to come up before school starts
now , i am not trying to say anything here but they didnt even cover 50% of my tuition fees."oh i am sorry but we gave you as much as we can". oh please, you have no idea how hard it is for me to get the 25000 dollars in 4 months without anyones help.
now I am just thinking of attending a community college instead of UIUC.
sigh. life is hard.</p>
<p>welcome to the club! I am in the exact same predicament you are in. I was only offered about 15,000 (including Fed Pell Grant, Tuition waver, work-study, and some crappy loans). Even worse, my family's EFC is only about 1900!!! I am happy I have UMich that I can turn to, they gave me a nice amount of aid (although, still not enough, but very good).</p>
<p>Start looking for loans........</p>
<p>How much aid did your safety schools offer?</p>
<p>Illinois' financial aid sucks........I probably won't attend.</p>
<p>Total Aid... $0.</p>
<p>But thanks for the Unsubsidized Loan? No thanks. Hopefully U Chicago will stick true to their eearly estimate of 9000 in aid. That would really be great!</p>
<p>Maybe I'll see you at grad school, Illinois!</p>
<p>heh well it is a state school meaning public funds. And those have been slashed. Sorry guys.</p>