<p>don’t freak out everyone,
if you are eligible for Emory advantage, the loans will be replaces with grants
it doesn’t say it on the estimated aid tho.</p>
<p>my parents make slightly too much money to receive financial aid, and i’ve been accepted to schools i’d have to go 60-100 thousand dollars in debt to think about affording, and you guys are worrying about 6k a year?? that’s nothing in the grand scheme of things…</p>
<p>it is if their parents are making half of what yours are. shut your self-righteous mouth.</p>
<p>emory’s advantage program is whack. they say it’s under 50k but they have caveats like “normal assets.” i got screwed by that too. luckily some other scholarships came through and i’m pretty much on a fullride except for 5,500 in loans. Plus those are capped at 15k so it’s not too bad.</p>
<p>^ No, shut your “We’re entitled to a free education” crap.</p>
<p>You are getting one of the best educations in the US fpr 5500 $. Stop complaining.</p>
<p>Btw, I am paying 55000 + expenses per year to attend Emory. I am not rich or anything… but upper middle class so 55 k per year isn’t easy… but I don’t complain about costs half as much as you all do.</p>
<p>Many of you guys are missing the point.</p>
<p>The $6,000/year for emory is GREAT! Graduating with less than $30,000 in debt is AMAZING!</p>
<p>We’re not mad about that.</p>
<p>We’re mad that Emory claims/(almost promises?) no debt for kids from families with incomes below 50k/year. Since they’re using “Emory Advantage” as advertising mumbo, they need to fulfill their promises.</p>
<p>My mom made $17,000 last year, and we have no assets except a 1998 Jeep worth less than $2,000. I don’t know why I have thousands of dollars of loans in my Emory FA package.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I don’t have any problem with all the other schools offering me thousands of dollars in loans, because they never promised otherwise. I’ll accept loans from universities, but not from the ones that told me I’d have no loans (i.e, Emory). </p>
<p>If we need to call to ask for the replacement grant, it means they’re only hoping some poor kids will naively accept the loans they never had to take. That’s extremely dishonest of Emory.</p>
<p>Anyway I think I’ve made my point. Emory is a great school, I just don’t like that small dishonest action they seem to have taken. I still like Emory and I would have gone there (even with loans) but I fell in love with Cal. No hard feelings.</p>