<p>Jmom, when did you send in your Financial Aid forms? I turned mine in the day after I got my acceptance letter, and they finished my packet in one week. It was record time, but I also kept nagging them about how my decision was dependent upon how much money I received. I would get one of the Financial Aid Counselor's email and email them telling them the situation you are in and if they can try and do the packet ASAP. I emailed 2 financial aid people, and even called the office telling them how important it was. If you do that, they may hurry up the process, because even calling shows how important the money is for the college education. Hope it works that way! Best of luck</p>
<p>Stanford fund $41,030
$2500 student summer + $2500 student school
$6800 parent
This is a better offer than we got from Cornell and even Texas A&M. Other scholarships can only supplement the student portions. Nothing can supplement the parent portions except loans.
I think that's a great price for a Stanford education, one of the hardest schools in the country to get into and finish, and one of the most prestigious & most expensive.
Ivy league, schmivy league</p>
<p>I second your opinion of Stanford and their aid, freshnup! My son didn't apply to a single Ivy and is very happy about his admission to Stanford, a proud member of the WestCoast League.</p>
<p>thanks soccrkid! we sent it in a week later the acceptance but just sent the IDOC about 5 days ago. I think I should call them up.</p>
<p>freshnup, do you mean that you are not required to work at Stanford if you can find some sholarship that will help you meet $5000?</p>
<p>What about a transfer into Stanford? Or a post-grad student? Are they all being offered this generous financial assistance? Just wanting to know.</p>
<p>churning: Stanford's FA policies apply for all undergrads who qualify, including transfers. Situation can be different for 5th year, depending on circumstances--can't remember exact details. They do not apply to grad students.</p>
<p>thanks for your concern, fencersmother. it's definitely warranted.</p>
<p>though i'm below the $60k family income (at 0 right now, long story), i'm going to bucknell next year and they gapped me about $28k from what THEY said my family could afford.</p>
<p>except it's kind of been a pleasant surprise since i started researching loans; things don't look as abysmal as i had originally anticipated... plus, my mom will be kind enough to help me pay them off.</p>
<p>Did Cornell include private loans in their finaid package as they did with us? Of all finaid packages my daughter received, from Ivy & non-Ivy, large & small, Cornell's was the only one that include private loans - and they have the chutzpah to include the recommended private loan as part of the finaid package!</p>
<p>I heard Cornell pulled that trick on several people and I think that's ridiculous. There's no way a college can claim to meet 100% need if it does this with private loans. At Barnard, where I'm going, they require you to interview with the financial aid office before you take out any private loans because they're so risky... so I don't think this is right.</p>
<p>Stanford and Columbia, however, offer fantastic financial aid. Credit to them.</p>