<p>GPA: 3.75UW (No idea what it is weighted)
Rank 11 of 506
SAT: 1810 (M 600, CR 600, W 610) (Retaking in October)
I took all Honors/AP classes I could have taken up until this point (my senior year)</p>
<p>EC:
Baseball
Academic Decathlon
Business Professionals of America
Involved in Volunteer Group
Multi-Cultural Club</p>
<p>I just got done with my interview today (I think I did well) and I am planning on doing EDI.</p>
<p>Also, if my parents make say $120,000 combined and have another kid already in college, what would be the EFC for that? Or, if you could direct me to a quick calculator that won’t require me to retype my parents tax forms, that would be excellent too.</p>
<p>Weighted GPA means your high school assigns different grades based on the “difficulty” of the coursework. For example AP courses are on a 5.0 scale. Thus your GPA can run higher than a 4.0. See below link.</p>
<p>Your GPA, Rank are very good. SAT’s solid, but try and improve - I see you’re planning on re-taking. I would vote “Yes” if you bump up your SAT’s and your ltr’s of rec are strong and your interview went as described.</p>
<p>As for your EFC - Family income is only one of many factors in calculating your EFC. A family of 4 with 2 in college is helpful. Don’t expect any “Free” aid such as federal grants. GW also requires incoming freshman to use the CSS Profile on the [College</a> Admissions - SAT - University & College Search Tool](<a href=“http://www.collegeboard.com%5DCollege”>http://www.collegeboard.com) - check that site also. See below link for the FAFSA forecaster.</p>
<p>A note to you and your parents - the “Cost of Attendence” (COA) at GW runs from 56K to 60K/yr. GW is very generous in my opinion with financial aid packages and merit scholarships. They usually come “close” to meeting 100% of defined “need” - which is COA-EFC. This may include merit scholarships and likely loans, work-study.</p>
<p>Note-when your sibling graduates from college - your EFC will significantly rise with only 1 in college. Applying ED may also prevent you from comparing other college’s FA offers. However, if GW is where you want to be - ED is good.</p>
<p>Thank for the tools, that all seems completely reasonable. And lucky for me as my older brother graduates my younger brother will be entering college.</p>
<p>GPA and rank? Fine to nice. (Rank is good.)</p>
<p>ECs? Ok. Were you a leader, or award winner in any of these?</p>
<p>Focus on the essay and test scores.</p>
<p>For financial aide, good luck. You’ll need it. I doubt you would see a significant aide award in that ballpark. My family is middle to upper middle class, and I didn’t get one damn dime in aid as an undergrad. I wouldn’t count on it if I were you, either. There is a merit scholarship, I think, but $10k out of $50k in aid is nothing. It’s not a cheap school, and not many of my friends walk away (graduate) without huge, huge student loan debt. I would think long and hard about ED applying to GW if you don’t want to go into an obscene amount of student loan debt (and I highly, highly suggest you don’t… no undergraduate degree is worth $200,000. That’s completely ridiculous). I would pick some schools that have better academic scholarships, since I wouldn’t guess you would receive much need-based aid, particularly at GW. I would apply GW regular decision (unless ED isn’t binding these days), and pick a school that gives merit aid-- regardless of what your parents make. </p>
<p>P.S.- From Texas? Good. That couldn’t hurt the app. At least it’s not another New Jersey applicant…</p>
<p>I would wait to see what GW gives you. We are considered middle class and my daughter received more than 60% of her tuition in a scholarship and grants.</p>
<p>I agree with waiting to see what FA offer is made - if not satisfactory, walk away. Everyone’s definition of “Middle Class” is anyone’s guess - it’s not just your parents gross income, but many other variables. GW uses both the FAFSA and CSS Profile for incoming freshman to assess this issue. You can figure out your EFC as I said previously in above posts - note, GW comes closer to meeting need when you use the “Institutional Method” for EFC calculation. GW Does a decent job at meeting your “Need” -may not be 100% and most likely will be a “Package” including loans. How much scholarship vs. grant money is variable each year and depends on the strength of your credentails, applicant pool, and available funds.</p>
<p>My son received 40% total costs via “free” money - scholarship and grants. This brought the costs down to his in-state school level and made GW “reasonable” given his interests in international affairs and diplomacy.</p>