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03-21-2008, 04:06 PM
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#16 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Gender: Male
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| oncampus...thanks for the advice. I am definitely not crossing WashU off my list yet. I know there are still possibilities for aid. I think the packet said that I would be getting a specific person to contact in a few days, and I do plan to do so.
However, I am still disappointed with my initial financial award and hoped that WashU wouldn't kick me on my side in the first place. It just reduces me to having to grovel and beg in order to get any sort of a footing, even if I do receive more financial support in the end. | 
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03-21-2008, 05:50 PM
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#17 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The Big "D" Gender: Male
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| i can't seem to check my financial aid b/c "my aid decision has not been done yet"...is this b/c i am a finalist for the danforth scholarship? i know i have turned in both css and fafsa and i know that they have received them. | |
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03-21-2008, 05:58 PM
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#18 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
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| yeah i also got this message: As of 5:00 p.m., Central Time, on 03/20/2008, you do not have a WU Financial Assistance Award. Please Check Your Application Status Online or contact the Office of Student Financial Services at (314) 935-5900 or toll-free at (888) 547-6670.
that means i got $0, right..? or might it mean that my account hasn't been updated online or whatever | |
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03-21-2008, 06:14 PM
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#19 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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| NortheastMom2 thanks so much for helping me find the link.
Very happy with D's FA award. | |
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03-21-2008, 06:52 PM
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#20 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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However, I am still disappointed with my initial financial award and hoped that WashU wouldn't kick me on my side in the first place. It just reduces me to having to grovel and beg in order to get any sort of a footing, even if I do receive more financial support in the end.
| If you have received a better financial aid offer from another private university, let them know about that, and it's possible that they can try and match or beat it. No guarantees, but it can't hurt. | |
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03-21-2008, 07:26 PM
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#21 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Gender: Male
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| oncampus, I will definitely try this. Like you said, it can't hurt.
How receptive do you think they'll be about considerable aid to public universities in my area? Do you think they actually care if I end up coming, or will they put their money before my matriculation as a general rule? It's not like I can't/won't pay anything...it's just...their initial offer is just not realistic. | |
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03-21-2008, 10:24 PM
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#22 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
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| i already called and started the appeal process
howver, they told me they weren't going to just throw me more money but that i had to prove i needed more with real numbers and figures :-/ | |
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03-22-2008, 07:10 AM
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#23 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: CT --> Rice 2012! Gender: Female
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| Does anyone know what a "MESMER SCHOLARSHIP" is. For my financial aid, under scholarships & grants its says "MESMER SCHOLARSHIP...$8200". I didn't fill out WashU's scholarship application because I didn't think I would get any money, so I was kind of surprised to recieve a scholarship. | |
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03-22-2008, 07:46 AM
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#24 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| Total Financial Assistance Award: $12,600
$3500 is in loans.
Well I guess that is better then my $3500.00 ONLY for Umich in loans.
I'm not sure what I am going to do yet. | |
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03-22-2008, 07:50 AM
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#25 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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| In addition to merit scholarships (which have to be applied for), WashU offers a number of merit/need based scholarships and grants (which do not have to be applied for). This sounds like one of the latter. WashU awards these after offering admissions and usually notifies recipients shortly after sending acceptance letters. Their financial aid office can provide a complete list of such awards, along with their terms and conditions. | |
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03-22-2008, 10:31 AM
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#26 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lake Como, Italy
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| I'm a mesmer scholar this year. Its just a need based scholarship they give out. | |
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03-22-2008, 11:25 AM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: OH Gender: Male
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| i got nothing but loans
sweet. | |
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03-22-2008, 11:36 AM
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#28 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| I'm extremely happy with the financial aid at washu. it's far better than any other school has offered, even significantly less selective schools. i really believe they want to work with you and your family to make it work. don't give up!!
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03-22-2008, 11:49 AM
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#29 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| My son's financial aid offer was completely disappointing, to the point of being laughable if it wasn't so sad. We really thought that they would honor the EFC figure, but they didn't even come close. I'm not sure if it would be easier to just be rejected or to be accepted only to realize that you can't afford it. All I can say is it's a darn good thing that he didn't apply EA and have no choice in the matter. I know, I know, we should contact the school and try to work something out, and it might come to that, but it bugs me that it would even be necessary. It's easier to just consider the offers from other schools more seriously. | |
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03-22-2008, 01:08 PM
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#30 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dullsville, USA Gender: Female
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| I got the Mesmer thing too... does anyone know if the value of it changes from year to year? | |
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