<p>I didn't want to ruin the whining thread, but I thought those of us who got a good finaid package needed a place to CHEER!!!</p>
<p>Plus, this should help underclass parents choose where to have their kids to apply!!</p>
<p>Got my first package from Union College today!!! EXTREMELY generous!! They gave me MORE than my EFC with only Stafford loans, the rest was grants!!!!</p>
<p>So, feel free to CHEER here!</p>
<p>(and remember, whiners please head to the whining thread)</p>
<p>Congrats, rocket!!!</p>
<p>Rocket…Good for you! You are just the kind of student who will know how to maximize your opportunities. I think Union made an excellent choice of investments.</p>
<p>D and I hope to have something to cheer about soon!</p>
<p>Uh, this thread sounds a lot like a “cheer about how much money I make” thread…I expect it will turn nasty quickly and then get closed by the moderators.</p>
<p>But since we’re cheering, I will cheer about my 100% financial aid (aka company funded) package to University of Washington for my first masters degree, and then hopefully to another school (not yet decided) for a second degree, totalling $100,000!</p>
<p>I think this is a great idea. I will be applying next year and I appreciate the information. </p>
<p>Thanks for starting it. I hope it does not turn ugly and that everyone plays nice.</p>
<p>I got a great package from Geneseo but I am instate.
My package from Gettyburg was not bad as well.
URI was high so its off my list!
I cant wait until this is over…</p>
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<p>I mean for this to be a resource for next year’s class. Who got good packages from where. You don’t need to give specific details, just a College name and that the finaid was good…that’s all…</p>
<p>I really don’t mean this to be a show offy place. I really want it to be helpful :D</p>
<p>Best wishes to everyone for good news on financial aid.</p>
<p>The problem is that because of different family circumstances, aid can be quite variable at colleges. So the fact that YOU got a great package from a particular school doesn’t mean that someone else would.</p>
<p>However – I do think its a good idea, in theory, to share info. </p>
<p>How about some specifics about issues like loans & work study? Schools are all over the map on how much of a work-study burden they put on students, and I think that there are some that are essentially playing a bait-and-switch game with the numbers. (The “switch” part is when the student gets to campus and finds out that there are only a limited number of positions available, and there is no way to get the hours required to earn more than a small fraction of the overall grant).</p>
<p>Hendrix gave phenomenal merit aid, plus a grant I wasn’t expecting. It’s half the price of my in-state flagship now.</p>
<p>First of, big congratulation for the FA package. 2ndly, thank you very much for willing to share.</p>
<p>However, I am with calmom. because your definition of "EXTREMELY generous!! " may be different than others. Is this need base or merit base? </p>
<p>If you willing, no pressure from me because I would not do it (so many people know who I am). Give the ball park of COA, your EFC and grant amount. For example: COA is $55,000 and grant aid is $50000. etc. will be much more helpful to the next year applicants.</p>
<p>All I will say is that Union gave me (through a combination of need and merit) 2k more than my EFC. Very modest work study, and modest loans</p>
<p>Work study was 1800, loans were Stafford (5k)</p>
<p>Right now, we’re cheering about Carleton at my house. Came pretty close to the EFC with grants. Overall, very reasonable - I think they took the time to really understand our family’s situation.</p>
<p>I’m cheering about Stanford and Washington University in St. Louis. I am an EFC zero student. I received:</p>
<p>99% of the billable COA for Stanford
100% of the billable COA for Washington University in St. Louis + a $4000 stipend</p>
<p>WOW applicannot! Thats incredible!! Congrats!</p>
<p>In my opinion, the package applicannot got (#15) is truely “extremely generous”. If R6L got 5K Stafford (post #13), that means it contains about 2K unsubsidized loan. Many might not consider that being generous at all. Of course, within the limited data set one has, one might think it otherwise. </p>
<p>In fact, I personally don’t think any FA package that contains a loan is generous.</p>
<p>Rocket - you know I am thrilled to death for you! and I think this is a splendid thread.</p>
<p>to clarify terminology so we have consistency:
COA (cost of attendance)
minus
EFC (expected family contribution)
equals
Financial Need</p>
<p>In your excitement did you mean to say that they covered 2K more than your financial need?
in other words 100%+ of your need</p>
<p>For us - we are quite pleased with Colorado College: we will have to pay less than our EFC! and all grant + stafford!</p>
<p>Dad II-do you always have to rain on people’s parades? I consider it generous as it makes it so I can attend. Plus, it doesn’t have a gap(more like an anti-gap) or non-Stafford loans</p>
<p>this isn’t your place to judge other people’s packages…</p>
<p>And yes, skier, they covered 2k more than my “need”</p>
<p>My son has been offered a full-tuition scholarship (merit) to Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. We’ve been very impressed with the school when we visited, but it’s not his first choice. We’re driving down this weekend to hear more about their honors program and attend Accepted Students Day. I’m hoping he falls in love with it!</p>