Does anyone know when financial aid packages are released? I was accepted EA and am waiting on money to see if I can go to Villaonva.
By April 1st…
Between now and then. Likely next week and possibly in a rolling fashion over a few days. D18 Waiting here for the same to help in deciding on where to go.
Best of Luck
It was the same last year. Financial aid was released last week of March. Lot of people sitting on acceptances not sure if they should be excited or not lol. No idea if Nova needs all that time to better gauge how to give aid or something else.
Anyone get it yet this week and does FA come via the portal or mail?
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We were in the same situation last year! I thought they were waiting to send financial packages after the big game last year. I figured if they won the tournament we weren’t getting anything !! lol
You should get it by next week… it’s horrific especially last year being accepted EA in December and having to wait that long .
Good luck, my daughter did choose Villanova and is very happy !!
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financial aid is out!
Holy cow what an awful financial aid package - “Family Financing Option” lol!!
Yes we ran the NPC. We have an extra low EFC for a year while my oldest is still in college, and Villanova was $34k higher than our EFC. Wow. Too bad - she would have loved it there. Well, there’s one more spot opening up for the waitlist.
Daughter received excellent FA from several full news schools - she will end up at one of those.
*full need
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Do report the results on the NPC thread in Financial Aid section.
Yeah, something is amiss. $0 for a grant because my son was awarded a St. Augustine Scholarship - which was about the gap between COA and EFC. What’s odd is that after adding in the “Family Financing Option” it still doesn’t add up to the Total Cost of Attendance.
Do call the school and have the financial aid and admissions officers explain the discrepancy between the NPC and your student’s award.
Can someone please explain the family loan option is/are? Is this something Villanova offers or is it open market?
It’s not a loan at all. It’s the oddest thing I’ve seen on an Aid award so far. It pretty much says “This is what you owe and there are a bunch of ways you can pay for it”
Well that said. Each school has their own terminology. I was hoping it meant additional options.
Villanova did come in slightly better than BC and and even more so than UVA as far as EFC and balance of Grant consideration vrs Loan and Work Study. Right in line with North Eastern and their Grant and Merit. Slightly less than Fordham who gave considerable Merit Aid. Others… all in all Villanova has been relatively more considerate. A surprise as I thought based on posts here to expect nothing at all.
Still waiting on Thursday night for D18 to see all her options.
Villanova is the only college that gave us need based assistance (loan/work study/grant), I’m guessing it’s because it’s the only college D19 didn’t get scholarships (all of the others gave her top scholarships). The following year, we will on,y have one in college again, and will lose FA. I have to let her know that Villanova is a no go again. We received zero FA for her older siblings, but they were at in state public schools.
Interesting J123D123. BC came in better for us (bigger grant, smaller loans and Work Study) as did Fordham with large Merit scholarship and very small grant, no work study. Unfortunately Villanova is DD’s favorite school 
i didn’t get any updates on my fin aid… i’m an international student. is anyone else in this situation?
Is there anyone who still hasn’t received their financial aid package? The portal said that financial aid packages would be available by April 1st but I still haven’t gotten anything. Been waiting for months to hear about financial aid so that I can make my decision.
The portal’s Financial Assistance tab still just says “Award Notification: April 1, 2019” and we haven’t received any email.
Neither have I