can i get need aid frm these colleges?

Paying for College
1

<p>if my family’s income is less than 40,000. How much could i get frm the following?</p>

<p>UIUC
MIT
USC
UCSD
UT
CMU</p>

2

<p>You’ll get your best advice by going to those colleges’ financial aid and merit scholarship web pages and by contacting financial aid offers directly.</p>

3

<p>Considering the fact that UIUC and UCSD are public schools in states where you are not a resident, I would not look for much aid from these schools.</p>

<p>MIT offers aid based on your financial need and meets 100% of your demonstrated need.</p>

4

<p>From our experience and the experience of other families with a wide variety of financial situations, I would say that none of us got much (or any) aid from CMU. A student who got full need-based aid (or nearly full aid) from other schools had a hefty EFC from CMU. But, maybe you will have more luck than we did.</p>

5

<p>At the Collegeboard website (<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D”>www.collegeboard.com</a>) you can use the estimated family contribution tool (I think it is called that, I’m not sure). It will calculate (based on your family income) what the federal and instutional determined aid would be. Now, if you are applying to schools that promise to meet 100% of demonstrated need, you would have to pay approximately the estimated family contribution amount and the college would cover the rest. However, many schools do not have a policy of meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need.</p>