Fin Aid Personal Expenses

Risumaro
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:14:23 +0000

This is what I was told. My D is expected to contribute a total of $4,000. She currently has $7,500 in outside scholarships. This will wipe out her $4,000 owed. In addition, she can use up to $2,000 of her scholarship money to purchase a new computer, printer, software, etc. That leave her with $1,500.00. This WILL NOT be given back to her. Her Harvard Grant will be reduced by that much. As far as personal expenses, hers were around $3,700.00-estimated by the university. Our family contribution is $3,600.00. I was told that basically the family would be paying for books and expenses and may not have to write a check to Harvard.
She said that student’s will recieve notification and a form in June to report outside scholarships. She also said that future scholarships would always reduce the student contribution(one of my D’s scholarships is over 4 yrs.)
Hope that helps.