<p>Does Dartmouth financial aid cover airfare for lower income families?
If so, please let me know.</p>
<p>No, Dartmouth financial aid does not cover travel allowance (this is why the student has a student contribution from summer earnings and should work over the summer).</p>
<p>I mean “travel allowance for international incoming freshmen”</p>
<p>“Students and families must arrange and pay for all travel to and from Dartmouth College.”</p>
<p>[Cost</a> of Attendance](<a href=“Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid”>Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid)</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve read it. But, I’m still confused! please clarify for me:
[Cost</a> of Attendance](<a href=“Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid”>Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid)</p>
<p>If you live a distance away from campus, a travel allowance will be included in your cost of attendance. (I don’t live in the US) </p>
<p>Students and families must arrange and pay for all travel to and from Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>Yes or No?</p>
<p>Yes, the aid covers airfare.</p>
<p>However, there is not any direct flight to Lebanon Airport (closest airport). Students coming from overseas have to take two or more flights (Origin -> Logan International Airport -> Cape Air -> Taxi -> Campus) .</p>
<p>Such travel would be very expensive in summer.</p>
<p>I hope it covers…</p>
<p>The dartmouth coach can take you from Logan Airport to campus. I think that’s way international students usually do it anyway.</p>
<p>@nocknock
WOW. Would be Amazing!
[Dartmouth</a> Coach: Schedules to Boston South Station, Logan Airport, and New York City](<a href=“http://www.dartmouthcoach.com/index.php/schedules.html]Dartmouth”>Upper Valley < > Boston/Logan Airport | Dartmouth Coach)</p>
<p>It takes three hours ;)</p>
<p>Anyway, I found the answer here:
[Covering</a> the Cost of Dartmouth](<a href=“Home | Dartmouth Admissions”>Home | Dartmouth Admissions)</p>
<p>Meeting Full Need: Using the information presented in … funds for some other living expenses, and travel for students who live far away from campus.</p>
<p>Jimmy, although they take a travel allowance into account when figuring out your need, I highly doubt that they actually hand you money for airfare. Virtually <em>every</em> FA package is going to include some contribution by student and/or family, and I think they expect you to cover travel out of that.</p>
<p>BTW, Logan + Dartmouth Coach is by far the easiest airport connection.</p>
<p>Actually, I’m not too sure about this.</p>
<p>There are two different statements which conflict: (Not Clear)</p>
<p>[Cost</a> of Attendance](<a href=“Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid”>Cost of Attendance | Financial Aid)
Students and families must arrange and pay for all travel to and from Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>[Covering</a> the Cost of Dartmouth](<a href=“Home | Dartmouth Admissions”>Home | Dartmouth Admissions)
Meeting Full Need: Using the information presented in … funds for some other living expenses, and travel for students who live far away from campus.</p>
<p>However, The University of Chicago and Ivy league schools like Harvard, Princeton and Yale offer round-trip travel allowance yearly.</p>
<p>Jimmy - let me see if I can clear up your confusion. Dartmouth, like most schools, includes transportation costs in their Cost of Attendance (COA). For the 2013-2014 school year, that line item in their COA is $917 (down, for some reason, from the $977 amount it was last year). I know from personal experience with their FA office that they’ve calculated that amount as their estimate of what it would cost for 3 round trip airfares in the US. When Dartmouth builds a financial aid package (which usually consists of loans, work study and grants), this amount needed for transportation is taken into consideration in the financial aid calculation… Need = COA - EFC. So, while Dartmouth will not explicitly pay you directly for your travel costs, they are, in effect, covering your travel costs as estimated above, in the financial aid that you are given. </p>
<p>Here’s one other thing to consider…if you can make the argument to the FA office that your transportation costs as an international student will be more than their budgeted $917, they might be willing to increase the transportation cost in your COA. By increasing your COA, this will in effect increase your need, which could then also increase the grants they award you.</p>
<p>@dukedad
Thank you for helpful information. Although the amount of travel is important, but more importantly is some students are not able to pay for initial travels in the United States. I think university should buy a ticket in this case.</p>
<p>I think you posted something on a thread i posted a little while ago…i can’t really help, as my family is above the threshold for financial aid, and so the fact dartmouth somehow gave me any financial aid was the awesome part. so now i have tons more spending money. so i can’t really add any personal anecdotes…with that being said, dartmouth takes into consideration travel, like what has been told above. </p>
<p>jimmy, i don’t know anyone who gets trip allowance to princeton and i know kids who got 100% full tuition. room, and board covered by need.
I’m taking the coach from boston. although, be warned, its basically as expensive as a USA one way flight i’d guess. it’s a coach service, for cheaper service you can always try amtrak or greyhound. (i may be wrong, i didn’t handle the money)</p>
<p>Jimmy,</p>
<p>Are you or will you be applying as an international student?</p>
<p>If yes, the answer is it depends. There may be a travel allowance in your financial aid package (not the case for US citizens/perm residents)</p>
<p>Dartmouth Financial aid Handbook (page 32) states:</p>
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<p>@sybbie719 </p>
<p>Let me thank you so much for your helpful information 
Very useful document!</p>
<p>Yes. I am applying as an international applicant and my parents don’t live in the US.
It was important for me to know about the amount of travel expenses. (however, they may increase the budget for the following academic years)</p>