<p>@jackson61
Glad you noticed what I did there 
HAHAHA. I could eat maggi all day long, all week long. My parents would not approve, but hey if I am hundreds of miles away who can stop me? </p>
<p>@LAMnuiv</p>
<p>Same, except my situation is even worse. I applied to WHYP+Duke+Stanford [reach], BU [match] andā¦ my local state university.</p>
<p>Now I realize what an atrocious mistake I made. I applied to only 1 safety, 1 match (that isnāt affordable, of course) and then way too many reaches. I plead naivete rather than arrogance, though.</p>
<p>I would not be happy going to my safety. So I dearly hope I have a shot at the more selective colleges.
Weāll find out in just a few days nowā¦
Cheers.</p>
<p>@EtiquetteOfWar
That is basically what I did! (Except in my case, my flagship was a match and I had no safety as I donāt really like any of them in my state). It is not a recipe for lots of acceptances but if it gets the job done come end of this week, I will be grateful for making that risky decision. </p>
<p>BTW, I love your username! I hope you are a historical war buff like me? haha. </p>
<p>@EtiquetteOfWar I feel like Iām the only one who was actually happy with the aid I received from BU, haha. Well, I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>wow does anyone else on this thread like cooking? I donāt understand how you all survive if you canāt cook! haha. my parents have had me in the kitchen since I was like 5</p>
<p>I love bakingā¦ I canāt cook to save my life, thoughā¦ #UselessHousewife</p>
<p>My Chinese friend is already signed up for the Maggi club guysā¦ Itās gonna be legen-waitforitIhopeyouārenotlactoseintolerant-DAIRY!</p>
<p>@meghamind
Or we could wait for the ā-daryā until after decisions come out if they are good news? Hahaha. </p>
<p>But there is statistically a 94.7% or so chance it is bad news, so I went for it but sure, we could wait @matrixsurgeon</p>
<p>@LAMuniv</p>
<p>They must have pooled the pennies they were going to give everybody else and gave them to you! 
I got 20k grant, which just leaves me 40k/year to pay.</p>
<p>The calculator says Yale will give me almost double that!
So, letās hope.</p>
<p>@matrixsurgeon Thatās me and cupcakes. Or pie. :D</p>
<p>@meghamind</p>
<p>If you go look at the data set you can find your SAT/GPA range and get a better approximationā¦ Itās like 11% if your SAT is 2130-2310 and GPA is 3.80-3.95</p>
<p>@EtiquetteOfWar Iāve heard that Yale is extremely generous with FA (huge endowments), so it should be better :)</p>
<p>@EtiquetteOfWar Wait where is this information? I would like to compare :)</p>
<p>@meghamind Noooo, curse you, milk!! :(</p>
<p>@jackson61 Iām partially lactose intolerant too no worries lol it was a HIMYM referenceā¦</p>
<p>Yale is VERY VERY generous with financial aid. Especially to US national families that are middle class and below. I calculated it out with info from the CSS profile and such (I am middle class) and it came out to be less than half the cost of UNC-CH flagship in-state! The hardest part is getting in because they will do, at-least for US applicants, whatever it takes to help ensure that you can afford it if you get in. I am not sure about the policies for international students though. </p>
<p>@meghamind
Lets wait until March 27th and if we both get in, then we can scream the L and D parts all together!! Even though any chance of me getting in is pretty slim at this point. </p>
<p>@meghamind Ahh, see, the only two TV shows I regularly watch - and even then, I only watch them about once a month - are āThe Big Bang Theoryā and, oddly enough, āGleeā.</p>
<p>^ (my friendsā reactions when I mention Glee: āGLEE, [Jackson]? What the hell?ā Guess itās because the only OTHER things I watch are all historical documentariesā¦)</p>
<p>Had to catch up on all this fun. Never had maggi, so I definitely havenāt lived life yet. </p>
<p>I have never seen megamind either. What is wrong with me. </p>
<p>Sorry for jumping back so late in the conversation but I totally get you guys with the whole gap b/t reaches and safeties situationā¦ I applied to no match schools, too. Iām sort of okay so far (no rejections yet, but that will change this Thursday). </p>