Financial aid announcement

notakid
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:43:27 +0000

UNH and UVM had very similar aid offers, and UConn was a little lower. All had about the same in loans (at or near max in Staffords), but UConn had less in grant/scholarship and work-study. Northeastern’s was comparable to the higher ones (including a $10K/yr scholarship for four years), but it costs a lot more. UMass (our State school) had just loans, but costs a lot less. I recently saw a very interesting article that claimed schools look at your FAFSA list to see what their competition is when deciding how much to offer. Lots of gamesmanship involved. What I’d like to know is how likely they are to give you the same grant next year.