Which school offered the best financial aid package to your child?

[Anonymous]

Amherst, attending (need based aid)

[Anonymous]

Duquesne. Full ride merit (rolling admit). Got into ED school though, and also go merit aid there.

[Anonymous]

Rice - $200k
Case - $192k
Pitt & Ohio State - $80k or $120k, dont remember exactly

Going to one of HYPSM, full pay

[Anonymous]

UF would have cost around $28k per year ($18k after DCTAG)
U Miami ~$25k
Northeastern ~$25k

Ended up at UVA (no merit, OOS) ~$65k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UF would have cost around $28k per year ($18k after DCTAG)

correction: ~$25k merit, not total cost :
U Miami ~$25k
Northeastern ~$25k

Ended up at UVA (no merit, OOS) ~$65k

[Anonymous]

Tufts (need). Attending.

[Anonymous]

Northwestern gave significantly more need-based aid than Notre Dame & Boston College.

[Anonymous]

Wooster. $35/k per year merit. Didn’t go.

Great school for the right kid and good grad school placement.

[Anonymous]

My kids applied to many CTCL colleges in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. Every single one of the CTCLs offered about 50 percent off. These were merit scholarships. By contrast, the NESCACs offered no aid at all, which was fair since both spouses worked and the family had enough money to pay full tuition. We ended up with a NESCAC student and a CTCL student. (My kids actually preferred many CTCLs to many NESCACs due to location, vibe, etc )

[Anonymous]

UConn, $12K/year

Did not attend. Admitted student day was well put together. Nice school but was not the right fit for my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids applied to many CTCL colleges in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. Every single one of the CTCLs offered about 50 percent off. These were merit scholarships. By contrast, the NESCACs offered no aid at all, which was fair since both spouses worked and the family had enough money to pay full tuition. We ended up with a NESCAC student and a CTCL student. (My kids actually preferred many CTCLs to many NESCACs due to location, vibe, etc )

The CTCL schools give merit to everyone, with many giving the 50% figure you mention.

At some point maybe they will just drop the COA by 50% beciause the rack rate is scaring people off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very surprised by a generous merit offer from a Canadian university (we are American). Turned it down but hurt to do so

Would really love to know which Canadian school and how you got that offer. Did you apply for a particular scholarship? We're looking at UBC & Toronto, and I don't see a whole lot of options for scholarships. Would appreciate your insight! Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Net price calculator results in increasing order:

Princeton 6k
Harvard 13k
Yale 14k
Dartmouth 15k
Hopkins 20k
Columbia 20k
Penn 21k
Stanford 24k
Duke 25k
Cornell 25k
Brown 33k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Net price calculator results in increasing order:

Princeton 6k
Harvard 13k
Yale 14k
Dartmouth 15k
Hopkins 20k
Columbia 20k
Penn 21k
Stanford 24k
Duke 25k
Cornell 25k
Brown 33k

Is this the amount of aid you would receive or is this the cost of attendance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Net price calculator results in increasing order:

Princeton 6k
Harvard 13k
Yale 14k
Dartmouth 15k
Hopkins 20k
Columbia 20k
Penn 21k
Stanford 24k
Duke 25k
Cornell 25k
Brown 33k

Guessing its the COA. Princeton is known to be very generous.


Is this the amount of aid you would receive or is this the cost of attendance?