<p>D just accepted - looking for info on financial aid - thanks</p>
<p>I’m just finishing up my first semester here. I’m receiving a $12,000/year scholarship from Syracuse, in addition to about $14,000 in grant money from the university. With government and state aid, I get enough help to pay for tuition and only have to worry about room, board and other fees.</p>
<p>Of course, my FAFSA EFC is only 846 but I’m not complaining (although my Dad is!). I’ll walk out of college with between 20K-30K in debt.</p>
<p>It’s definitely not the best, but it was enough for me to come here without too much financial worry.</p>
<p>PROFILE OF 2009-10 FINANCIAL AID Freshmen </p>
<p>Financial Aid Applicants 2,524 (77.7%) of freshmen
Found to Have Financial Need 1,983 (78.6%) of applicants
Received Financial Aid 1,983 (100.0%) of applicants with financial need
Need Fully Met 1,668 (84.1%) of aid recipients
Average Percent of Need Met 95%
Average Award $32,500
Need-Based Gift Received by 1,839 (92.7%) of aid recipients, average amount $24,300
Need-Based Self-Help Received by 1,983 (100.0%) of aid recipients, average amount $8,200
Merit-Based Gift Received by 101 (5.1%) of aid recipients
Merit-Based Gift Received by 336 (10.3%) of freshmen without need, average amount $8,840</p>
<p>out of state? we are from California. thanks and happy holidays. I hope you are enjoying S even with the awful weather?</p>
<p>Syracuse is private so it doesn’t matter if you’re OOS.</p>
<p>I do think the 95% of need met claim is interesting considering that VF sure didn’t get that.</p>
<p>That suggests to me that the school has a lot of kids with highish EFCs so meeting or “near meeting” need is not difficult with some merit and/or a student loan.</p>
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<p>I’m guessing he came though if he’s anticipating graduating with less than $30K in debt. SU’s COA is a tad over $50K/year now. He got $26K in institutional aid, probably $4500 or so in Pell, around $4K in state aid, and likely got other federal help in the form of SEOG, loans, and work study. That could quickly add up to over 90% of COA, and Syracuse is fairly generous with estimating expenses.</p>
<p>True about the state aid…I didn’t see that. State aid isn’t available for the non-NY students.</p>
<p>Without Pell and state aid, I wonder if a bigger grant would have been given.</p>
<p>Sorry, I should have posted my total award. It’s around 44K, with the total expenses being calculated at around 52K.</p>
<p>It’s important to note that my CSS gives a slightly different financial picture than my FAFSA (divorced parents, Dad makes 140K a year before taxes), but still. That’s basically the only income for two households since my Mom stays at home.</p>
<p>They met around 85% of my federal aid, but it was probably closer to 90%-95% with the institutional method.</p>
<p>Another side note: my original package was lackluster. We called, and got an additional 9K in grant money. However, this probably isn’t a typical scenario. They completely messed up their calculations the first time.</p>