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<p>Unusually, UVA met full need with an ESC = $0, even for out-of-state students. However, they recently announced that future classes will have ESC = $7,000 per year (which is in line with other meet full need schools with ESC = $4,000 to $10,000).</p>
<p>ESC = expected student contribution, which is what the school expects the student to come up with from work earnings and/or student loans (the financial aid package may include offers of work-study eligibility and direct/Stafford/Perkins loans). At a meets full need school, net price should be EFC + ESC, but note that EFC may be calculated differently at different schools.</p>
<p>The best way to find out what financial aid is like for each school is to run the net price calculator at each school. Run it for the various permutations of number of students in the family in college to get an idea of how it changes as students enter or graduate.</p>