@austinmshauri well said-
It’s a very emotional time we are going through it again here-my daughter now regrets she didn’t apply here!
She is getting varying offers from schools-to some she is just another applicant to others she is very much a target and they are showing her that by the $$$$.
I have no issue with that-it’s the way it is. It doesn’t mean it isn’t upsetting though. She didn’t apply here partly because she knew she was going to be a borderline acceptance and that wasn’t something she could deal with due in part to the whole sibling thing. I get that.
They might as well delete their net price calculator. It is meaningless.
The npc was actually super accurate for me, only $17 difference hahah. I think Neu said they have begun to meet full demonstrated need.
Some people are saying the NPC was spot on, others too high, others too low. But I’m not sure which is the norm and which are the exceptions.
I suppose the elevation of merit standards is what might catch more families out than not. NE was a private with potential merit for DS, but the merit was so insignificant that he immediately turned down the early offer (no FA here) so I assume now that students are on the 34 plus ACT crowd to get decent merit. Sometimes that is hard to read from just previous CDS info, especially if that info isn’t adjusted for engineering. It was always an outside shot.
In fact NEU meets full need (as they define it based on Profile and their own formula, and using loans) for all admitted students as of this admissions cycle.
D’s package was not bad. Not the very best she was offered, but far from the worst.
I am not sure what to make of the reports of the wide variety of awards compared to NPC. If my child had NU as one of their top choices and the NPC was way off, I would pick up the phone and ask what the variable was. Then at least you would understand and could perhaps be helpful to others, rather than upset/bitter. If NU was thought to be a safety and there were other more affordable choice, I would move on and not take it personally. Lots of forums have seniors or parents posting about the unworkable financial aid awards, but if you didn’t try, you would never know.