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04-24-2008, 12:43 AM
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#1 | | Junior Member
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| What Kind of Financial Aid is Harvard Giving?
Can we list the need based aid Harvard is giving? Are you disappointed or not? Thanks.
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04-24-2008, 12:51 AM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I got $51,650.
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05-09-2008, 04:41 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Univ. of Penn '12
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unless you make more than 200k, you should not be dissapointed. <60k = free. 120-180k = 12k-18k EFC.
Its really good fin aid imo. Too bad i am on waitlist. Penn is charging me 35k+.
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05-09-2008, 06:27 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY ---> Outer Haven, MA 2012
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The aid is mad good yo...I doubt MIT would have given me even half as much >_>
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05-09-2008, 07:07 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
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Just for reference, my aid package covered all but a smidgen over 10% of my family's income.
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05-09-2008, 07:34 PM
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#6 | | Member
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Hi Jen98, If you don't mind me asking: Was it 10% of gross income or AGI?
Last edited by MSMDAD; 05-09-2008 at 07:52 PM.
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05-09-2008, 10:05 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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gross........
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05-10-2008, 12:03 AM
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#8 | | Junior Member
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I... actually can't be absolutely sure which they used for their calculations, but my parent's expected contribution (excluding the student portion) came out closer to 10% of their unadjusted income. Just for reference, we don't have significant assets (besides our home, which isn't figured in), and my income is pretty much negligible.
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05-11-2008, 03:12 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
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Best. Finaid. Ever. That is all. :3
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05-19-2008, 10:18 PM
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#10 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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When they calculate what parents pay and then provide the rest, does that include the non-billable costs (as in, total Cost of Attendance) or only the Billed costs? (as in, leaving another 5 thousand up to the family?)
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05-19-2008, 10:24 PM
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#11 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
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"What kind of Financial Aid is Harvard Giving?"
The best kind. The kind with lots of money in it.
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05-22-2008, 12:52 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
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Outstanding!!
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05-22-2008, 06:01 PM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pennsylvania
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Generous!
Difficult to say "no" to.
Bringing with it, a sigh of relief.
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05-25-2008, 09:47 PM
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#14 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Miami
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did not qualify for financial aid  , income ~180k
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05-25-2008, 10:08 PM
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#15 | | Member
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mz innocentz,
I take it that the ~180k was AGI? You know that you can file an appeal and ask for reconsideration if there are special circumstances in your case?
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