Cornell Class of 2028 Official Thread

winprgrmr
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:39:56 +0000

For those admitted recently, was your estimated financial aid package what was expected? More specifically, did the Total Family Contribution amount jive with anything close to the FAFSA SAI or Net Price Calculator estimates?

I have been running these calculators in good faith since last fall, and there have been some minor fluctuations in expected contribution, but nothing significant. We were comfortable that this would be an affordable option for our daughter if she was fortunate to get an offer of admittance. We are crushed that our contribution estimate from Cornell FA is $20K higher than what was expected. We are not sure what to think since everything is so fluid right now.

So … I’m wondering if I should just let the FA departments do their thing and assume this gap will be closed when we receive our final aid offer, or be proactive and push for someone in FA to look into our situation.

The Cornell FA website says mid-May for offers to be extended, but we have a May 1st Cornell commitment deadline looming. We can’t commit to a nearly $100k/4-years gap between expectations and possibilities. I’d love for someone to tell us that these Cornell estimated aid numbers were just preliminary and could change significantly, but I know our CSS and FAFSA numbers are correct and not sure how all this could be so out of whack.

Anyone else in the same situation?