Vassar Financial Aid-good or great?

dzblonde999 · 03-23-2006, 12:37 PM

Any Vassar's out there that can tell us how generous they are with grants and scholarships? I know it will make a big difference in decisions and I'm really curious how high they go.

kee10 · 03-23-2006, 05:37 PM

i got great aid, i'm really happy with it.

dzblonde999 · 03-24-2006, 08:34 AM

But, then again, your international. I hope that goes across the board. My only hope is that the offer is good and I can swing it. Well, I'll find out soon (or maybe not)
Thanks for your response.

kee10 · 03-24-2006, 10:34 AM

all the more reason why i think it's got great financial aid - because usually schools aren't as generous to internationals. and it'd be weird if they're not equally generous to the US applicants. it says that it meets full demonstrated need for every accepted student so i don't think you'll have a problem there. i hope not. best of luck

dzblonde999 · 03-24-2006, 11:08 AM

Thanks for giving me hope! Man, I hope I get in.

03-24-2006, 10:13 PM

ill just say that the financial aid package they gave me along with a few minor scholarships has left my family responsible for just about 10,000 a year. i dont think it gets better

starcatch · 03-25-2006, 04:01 AM

umm... when i applied to be a freshman, i didn't get a very good financial aid package... though none of my financial aid packages for any schools (with the exception of where i am now) were very great, vassar was definitely the worst...

and i ended up at a school i really don't like (because of merit aid)...

and i'm applying as a transfer to vassar.

i hope your financial aid experience is better than mine! good luck!

archit · 03-26-2006, 11:24 AM

my aid package was AMAZING!
i think vassar has recently changed it's policies so that it will meet 100% of demonstrated need for ALL students (internationals included)

seole · 03-26-2006, 11:27 AM

I hope that's true although you are an international as well...

stuckinthemist · 03-26-2006, 06:25 PM

am i selfish/bad to want more than demonstrated? a few other schools have merit-scholarshipped my costs down to 16,000 or so per year, which i can manage....but i cannot manage my efc of 23,000ish

i love vassar but i doubt my parents would let me go [IF I GET IN] unless i got some impressive aid...

archit · 03-26-2006, 06:58 PM

no worries. I could pay $10k a year but they gave me an extra $4k (ie, i pay only $6k) and that was BEFORE they made the policies even friendlier.

SAT_hater · 03-27-2006, 12:24 PM

archit, that sounds amazing! would you say your great package was based on merit? you probably stood above the average applicant pool. do you think i'd get reasonable aid with average sats? i'm worried some applicants might be worth more than others:P

archit · 03-27-2006, 01:14 PM

oh yeah i was in the top 4, but my graduating calss was 52 kids

starcatch · 03-30-2006, 11:37 PM

vassar doesn't offer merit aid though... so i doubt it could be based on merit...

eponymous · 04-01-2006, 04:24 PM

Vassar doesn't offer merit aid; however, if you demonstrate need, and are a very accomplished student (more so than the rest of V's accepted students, that is) Vassar will meet that need through grants, instead of loans and work-study. So yeah, academic merit does play into the financing in a way, and I, for one, was very pleased to find that ALL of my need (which I never even expected to get, btw) comes in the form of a "Vassar Scholarship" that I don't have to pay back.