LilBabySeaOtter

How good is Chapman's need based aid? For say, someone who has an efc of zero? What could someone with an efc of zero expect to get?

OCELITE

Here is a link to the financial aid student information guide that you can go to for the info on determining your eligibility.
http://www.chapman.edu/images/userIm...de%2011-12.pdf

DantexXx

Probably not much. Chapman claims to meet 100% but that's not necessarily true. They include loans in the "aid" that they give and trust me, the loans are ALOT. Here is what I WOULD guess they would give someone with an EFC of 0 (and I know this because I've spoken to a financial aid officer on the phone about this, TRUST me, I've complained)

Chapman Grant: $28,000
Loans (including PARENT PLUS): $9,500
Federal Work Study: $3,000

Which leaves you with a pretty huge gap ONTOP OF the loans they are already giving you. Soo yeah... unless you're parents BANK..Chapman doesn't seem likely

annathatshibby

This is basically exactly the aid package I got ^^ haha. Except 7k was a Chapman grant and 20k was a merit scholarship.
My EFC is about 17k

chimchim

Annathatshibby: What was your GPA and SAT/ACT scores? Trying to figure if I might get a merit-based package (3.8 GPA, 26 on the ACT, some AP classes).

annathatshibby

My GPA is 3.9 w 3.7 uw
1830 SAT score
I had really good extra curricular activities, so that might have played a part as well. Student body VP and secretary, editor in chief of school newspaper and literary magazine, Stanford retreat ambassador, book club co-founder and VP, teacher assistant, peer tutor, etc.
We only offer 1 AP class for juniors (AP USH) and I took it and got a B.

chimchim

Received no scholarship (talked w/admissions and I'm 2 points too low on the ACT) and they only gave me $11,000 a year in grants, $12,000 in loans and expect my EFC to be $17,000 year. So not happening. I can't afford that. And what about housing? Chapman certainly does NOT meet near 100 percent of need. I'm beyond crushed.