<p>Title basically summarizes the question. If I were to get into UC Berkeley and an ivy, would the ivy match the tuition of UC Berkeley or would it come close? I'm asking because i hear about people approaching schools and telling them that a similarly competitive school has offered them x amount of aid which usually prompts the first school to give a higher aid package.</p>
<p>I'm specifying the ivy league because they are need blind to Canadian citizens (but I do live in California and am in state for UCs).</p>
<p>They most likely will not because they only give need based aid (should you get merit 44 from UCV Berkeley, it will not matter). The Ivies will match other Ivies, and similar peer schools (AWS, MIT, Stanford, Duke, etc).</p>
<p>Alright, I was just curious because some of those schools are super rich. This is also assuming I’m lucky enough to get into both of them. While they probably won’t match it, do you think they might give slightly more aid?
UCB total for me is 34 K
UPENN would be 55 K
Would a school like UPENN bring it down to maybe 40K?</p>
<p>Is UCB not considered a peer institution? Also, what is AWS?</p>
<p>Why don’t you run the Net Price Calculator on the college websites? They will give you a better guestimate than anyone here can give you. </p>
<p>Amherst, Williams, Stanford.</p>
<p>Need based aid is largely based on your parents’ incomes. It is NOT based on what other schools cost you.</p>
<p>You are fortunate to have Berkeley as an instate option as well as UCLA, and the other UCs. Do you qualify for the Calgrant? It sounds like you don’t as you are quoting the full price of attending Berkeley.</p>
<p>The ivies are going to give you need-based aid IF YOU QUALIFY.</p>
<p>If you’re instate for a UC, then your tuition will be about $15k. If you don’t qualify for aid, then why would an ivy drop its $40k tuition to $15k?</p>
<p>UCB isn’t really a peer institution in the sense that you’re instate and pay a lower rate. </p>
<p>When people talk about comparable aid at “peer institutions” they mean comparable “need based aid”. Since you’re an int’l, you wouldn’t get need-based aid for UCB.</p>
<p>While they probably won’t match it, do you think they might give slightly more aid?</p>
<p>How would we know what your family qualifies for??? Your family could be rich. Have your family use the NPC on those schools’ websites.</p>
<p>Got it, thanks that clears up some misconceptions.
We won’t qualify for much at any school, but we are very lucky to have UCB and UCLA instate for us, so no complaints.</p>
<p>It depends. If you are from a low income family, HYP at least are likely to be cheaper than in-state UC, unless you get a Regents’ scholarship at the UC. (But note that UC uses FAFSA only, while HYP have additional forms which include non-custodial parent’s income in divorced parents situations.)</p>
<p>But if you are high income, HYP may expect to you to pay an amount greater than or equal to UC’s in-state list price.</p>
<p>Run the net price calculator on each school to see what it looks like for your financial situation.</p>
<p>You also need to be completely clear on both whether you have US residency for US college financial aid in general and whether you have California state residency for UC tuition purposes.</p>
<p>From what you have said the Ivy will be substantially more money (33K vs 60K). They typically will not do scholarships, and you stated that you don’t qualify for aid, so that means you are paying retail. </p>
<p>Most selectives typically focus on their aid packages and dont give out much else. They dont have to because they already attract top talent. </p>
<p>Cornell is the only Ivy (actually the only highly selective university) that I have heard explicitly state that they will “match” the FA offers of “peer institutions”. They are unlikely to consider any public university as a peer, simply because the cost structures and funding models are so different.</p>
<p>Another comment that I have heard frequently is that asking a school to match is considered crass and unlikely to be received well. Instead, a better approach would be to ask for an appeal based on specific concerns. Feel free to cite how other schools have handled these concerns and be ready to provide a copy of the acceptance letter and FA offer with your appeal documentation.</p>