<p>I really want to go to JHU, but money will be a big problem (in the weird awkward middle class to poor to get full aid not rich enough to afford). And I was wondering how is the financial aid at JHU?</p>
<p>[JHU</a> Possible Aid Estimator](<a href=“Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University”>Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University)</p>
<p>Thank you but unfortunately I do not have all that information so put it. I was hoping to just get a general idea if JHU gives out a lot or very little or in between</p>
<p>I just did mine (with an income of 20k for my mom and 0 for my dad because I don’t even know where he is) and these were the results:</p>
<p>Estimated Cost of Attendance: $56000
Minus your Estimated Family Contribution (EFC): $2400
Need: $53600</p>
<p>Estimated Aid<br>
Grant Award: $47600
Loan Award: $3500
Work Award: $2500
Total Award: $53600</p>
<p>So it would cost me $8,400 a year to go ($6,000 if you don’t count work-study).</p>
<p>:/</p>
<p>This might be a problem…</p>
<p>That can be reduced with outside scholarships though you’d need close to 40 grand in them to graduate debt free (and that’s with my low income).</p>
<p>I’d take a look at the Project on Student Debt. Just google it and it’s the third result that says “Financial Aid Pledges” then click on “The Bottom Line” it gives a breakdown of how much it will cost you per year by income and school. And if you click on each school you’ll get more detailed info like how much is in loans by income (under 60 is almost always 0 in loans). Every single one of the schools on the list is top notch (IMO).</p>
<p>that really didn’t help JHU isn’t on there…</p>
<p>Yeah, but there are plenty of other extraordinary universities on there. I know you like JHU but if you can’t afford it, you have to open your mind to new possibilities.</p>
<p>True thank you :)</p>
<p>Hi, I got in ED and I got amazing financial aid! Although, I had pretty ideal conditions for it…</p>
<p>We’re not poor, but we have no savings and my mom is a single parent who makes about 40k a year. I enough aid to cover more than full tuition, and I only have to pay about 8,000 a year, or 4,000 a semester.</p>
<p>So, in my opinion, their aid is stellar!!</p>
<p>But what about the people in that awkward middle class spot (to rich to get full aid rid, and no poor to afford to pay for college)</p>
<p>You’d have to ask your parents for a little bit of basic tax info and how much your house is worth and how much you paid for it.</p>
<p>Well,</p>
<p>as you probably know hopkins is not need blind for admissions…which is really weird and kind of strange. However, I had a great experience with their financial aid department.</p>
<p>I got in ED and my mom is disabled so my dad is the only taxable income. He makes around 34k a year so we are on the very very low end of the middle class. Lets just say with work study, my parents will only pay around 1500-1700 a year for me to go. The financial aid office sent me a letter saying I was given some academic grant based off of my academic achievement in high school. </p>
<p>Get in, thats the hard part. After that, the money will fall into place. Just have faith.</p>
<p>^ Hopkins is need blind for everyone except international students and transfer students.</p>
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<p>Not true anymore. One of President Daniels first initiatives since taking the reigns two years ago has been to improve JHU’s undergraduate financial aid programs and specifically move the institution to a need-blind process. Last year the admissions process was need-blind for the first time in many years and the same will be true for this year and in the future. The admissions process does remain need-aware for international students (students who are both non-US citizens and non-US permanent residents). A determination about transfer admission will be made soon.</p>
<p>ah! My mistake. Thanks for correcting that.</p>