<p>Hello, a lot of people form my school(both students and teachers) have told me that for many schools, if you have a sibling or family member currently enrolled at the university by the time you enter, that you are given a tuition discount. Is this true for Buffalo? I currently have an older brother and I am interested in attending Buffalo for its pharmacy program, so would one of us get a tuition discount come next fall if I am accepted? Or is this just a general misconception? </p>
<p>In any case,thank you for your time.</p>
<p>Sounds like a “general misconception”. There’s no mention of it on the web site, but you can certainly check with Admissions/Financial Aid. If you hear otherwise, please let us know.</p>
<p>Regarding UB, it wouldnt make sense to increase merit aid because of siblings. However, if you are in college at the same time as a sibling, your chances of need based aid increases at UB or at any school. The Expected Family Contribution in your Financial Aid formula is reduced for each sibling enrolled in college. But how much this impacts you all depends on your familys financial status, and the school’s algorithms for need based aid (each school is different).</p>
<p>Perhaps some private schools (with much higher tuitions, obviously) have explicit sibling discount policies (they certainly favor “legacy” applications), but I’d be surprised to learn that UB (or any SUNY) does so.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, I’ll do some further research and see if anything comes up. It probably is a misconception and I wouldn’t see why they would give a tuition discount when their tuition is lower than most colleges to begin with.</p>
<p>On another note, I wasn’t aware of the increase of need base aid. My family already has a somewhat low income (not too sure on the specifics) so that’s good to hear. I’ll do some further research on that as well.</p>
<p>Officially, UB does not have a sibling discount policy. However, my son received a small amount of financial aid that I was NOT expecting - the only reason for it that I can see is the fact his sister was already at UB…As for FAFSA & State Aid, they both definitely calculate differently when more than one sibling is in college at the same time - the EFC for each student is halved allowing for a greater eligible need.</p>