<p>^^ oops sorry totally wrong thread. I don’t know how to delete, but just ignore 2nd half or moderator please move to class of 2012.</p>
<p>EC, don’t forget also that college costs sort of start racking up quickly beginning in May with the deposits for tuition and housing most require. Then, if your school offers the option of paying toward your bill monthly, that will begin in early June (ours started before D had even graduated!), and continue each month. If your school does not offer monthly payment plans, the first semester’s entire bill will most likely be due by early August. I just don’t want you or your family to sort of be thinking you’ll have months to figure everything out, because those payments start happening quickly, way before you even step foot on campus or pick out your dorm bedding!</p>
<p>Thanks for that advice, teachandmom. It reminds me that I need to go to the “current students” part of FA sections at D’s prospective schools to figure out when payments might be due. Great - one more spreadsheet. I hadn’t really thought of that yet, as I’ve been so focused on the getting in and paperwork part.</p>
<p>Roanoke College meets full need and their application deadline isn’t until March. St. Olaf also meets full need, but their deadline is a week passed. However, on the 3.0 parents forum they were saying some schools let you turn in applications late.</p>
<p>St. Olaf will be unaffordable with your stats and the deadline is long past - it is a no go. You are a month and a half past their deadline. They value fit and desire. Save your strength for battles worth fighting.</p>
<p>I just mentioned it because they met full need. How about Roanoke? I have a friend who got accepted and they say they meet full need.</p>
<p>Roanoke requires standardized test scores. Middle 50%* is a 1070 - 1200
(Reflects a combination of the critical reading and math section only.)</p>
<p>Average ACT: Middle 50%*is a 22 - 28 </p>
<p>I don’t recall your scores, but I think that you applied mainly to Test optional schools for a reason.</p>
<p>I also don’t see on their website where they meet full need.</p>
<p>And also, I know you understand this, but some schools that meet need, use a lot of loans in their packages. On the Roanoke financial aid page, they certainly mention loans.</p>
<p>There is nothing on the Roanoke website that indicates that they meet full need. </p>
<p>I seriously doubt your net cost to attend Roanoke will be less than Earlham but go ahead and apply.</p>
<p>Are your SAT or ACT scores within range for acceptance?</p>
<p>Why would you consider applying to Roanoke before you apply to VSU?</p>
<p>At this point you need a school with GUARANTEED acceptance AND COSTS YOUR FAMILY CAN PAY.</p>
<p>App deadline was January 9th for Scholars Competitions which are the big awards.</p>
<p>Outside of competitive scholarships I don’t see any mention of full need either.</p>
<p>A parent on CC told me they met full need, but I haven’t found anything on it yet. I was just considering it because of that.</p>
<p>They may have met full need for that particular student via competitive scholarships but that does not translate to meeting full FAFSA need for all admits. If a school meets full need according to their computation of your need it will be front and center on their FA page.</p>
<p>As others have said, your SAT’s are just not high enough to bring in the biggest merit awards at all these expensive privates you are interested in. It would probably be better at this point to apply to instate safeties rather than continuing to research and apply to even more private schools.</p>
<p>I am confused about something. On the Earlham website, it says the tuition and cost is $47, 930 for the 2012-2013 year, but when I looked on the fa portal it said the overall tuition and cost was $52,430. That makes no sense what so ever.</p>
<p>It is likely tuition, room and board only (billed costs) vs previous list plus books, fees, travel, incidentals, etc.</p>
<p>[Tuition</a> and Costs | Earlham College](<a href=“http://www.earlham.edu/admissions/tuition-and-costs]Tuition”>http://www.earlham.edu/admissions/tuition-and-costs)</p>
<p>The difference is easily explained in the link. As you will see, the additional approximate expenses are listed separately (in the right hand box). </p>
<p>Remember that tuition/room/board costs will likely increase each and every year.</p>
<p>EC, it is likely that you are describing the “direct costs” and “the direct PLUS indirect costs”. Here is a pretty good description:</p>
<p><a href=“Sallie Mae | Education Loans, College Planning & Online Banking”>https://www1.salliemae.com/before_college/parents_plan/college_cost/direct_indirect_costs.htm</a></p>
<p>Regarding Roanoke, whether they claim to meet full need, I don’t know. I can tell you that one of my sons saw a package from them, so I know the bottom line for our family. It was not one of my sons best packages, but it was far from his worst package. On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is the best package and 10 is the worst, Roanoke probably was a 3 or 4 for our family. I would not want you to have false hope. Also, this son was upper end of midrange for Roanoke.</p>
<p>Thanks for explaining the differences. I’m not going to apply to RC. I think the CC parent must have found an old link or something. My friend received 15k in merit aid and she may get a bigger scholarship. Her course rigor is very similar to mine and her GPA is the same. Her ACT score was a 26 though. I am just panicking for no reason honestly. I just need to stay calm! I need to stop worrying. I wish I could take this process as easy going as some of my peers. On the bright side, I just got off the phone with a Lawrence sophomore. And I had a really great convo, it sounds like a great fit for me. :)</p>
<p>According to this link: [Colleges</a> that Meet the Financial Needs of Students | InsideCollege.com](<a href=“The Best College Rankings and Lists | Inside College | CollegeXpress”>The Best College Rankings and Lists | Inside College | CollegeXpress)</p>
<p>Wheaton meet 98% of financial needs of students, Lawrence: 96%, Wooster: 94.8%, Clark: 94.4%, Knox: 94%, etc.</p>
<p>^^I would not start analyzing %s. I can tell you one school made the expected student contribution so high that I found it to be very unrealistic and they included this figure to reduce our “need”. They are a school that was listed as meeting ninety-somthing % of need. It was far from our best package and our son was on the high end of midrange.</p>
<p>Just noticed one school on this list that also meets ninety-someodd % of need. It was horrible package for us! My son was offered merit aid there too.</p>