Anonymous
Post 06/29/2025 10:52     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
People hate on Radford but I have new respect for that school, seeing tuition, room and board at under 26k before any aid for in state. It’s definitely more affordable than many.

https://www.radford.edu/bursar/tuition-fees/in-state-undergraduate.html
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2025 10:09     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Why do stupid people come onto threads they have no businesses interacting with and try to troll but can't even do a good job at it?
Anonymous
Post 06/29/2025 07:43     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:CNU has historically been test optional even before Covid, so not many send scores in. I wouldn't put much weight on the range. The business school is popular. Nice school for $24K, I know some wealthy kids who attend because they liked it and not just because of the cost.


Where exactly are people finding this $24k number?

On the website for CNU it says $30k for just tuition and room and board and an estimated $37k COA
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2025 23:28     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:That's not stingy. If you had saved since birth, it would have helped. Or, choose a cheaper school. No one owes you anything.


No that's too late, you should have as soon as you got out of your own college
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2025 23:07     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:Why the hate on CNU? Some of us can only afford that.


And it is a solid school with a very involved student community and beautiful campus.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2025 11:56     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:Similar income to OP and my OOS DC ended up not applying ED1 to W&M because the calculators showed it much more expensive (by ~$15-20K) than most private schools with need-based aid only. We didn’t qualify for any at W&M but a fair bit at the privates. Definitely recommend people trying out a lot of calculators early in process.


As a state school, W&M prioritizes in-state aid.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 18:51     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Similar income to OP and my OOS DC ended up not applying ED1 to W&M because the calculators showed it much more expensive (by ~$15-20K) than most private schools with need-based aid only. We didn’t qualify for any at W&M but a fair bit at the privates. Definitely recommend people trying out a lot of calculators early in process.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 17:32     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
CNU has historically been test optional even before Covid, so not many send scores in. I wouldn't put much weight on the range. The business school is popular. Nice school for $24K, I know some wealthy kids who attend because they liked it and not just because of the cost.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 17:19     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:WM is not stingy with aid, but their aid is based on documented/demonstrated need.


WM is comparatively generous with aid under $110K income

https://tamingthehighcostofcollege.com/net-price-of-virginia-colleges-by-income/
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 17:05     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
WM is not stingy with aid, but their aid is based on documented/demonstrated need.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 16:07     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Those are only SAT. When you add in ACT reporting the percentages of reporting students is higher.

Yeah, for the percent reporting for W&M and UVA, adding SAT and ACT reporting numbers puts them in the ~60% ballpark, which is about the same as WashU, Rice, Vanderbilt, other ~T20 schools. Notes Dame doesn’t even report the % on theirs. So “meaningless” doesn’t really apply, unless you throw those schools’ data out as well.


Notre Dame does provide numbers. It looks like 33% reporting SAT and 25% ACT.
Anonymous
Post 06/27/2025 10:34     Subject: William & Mary stingy with aid
I really hate this "give me, give me, give me" attitude in today's society.