Financial Aid Estimation Accurate For EDII?

completelykate
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:55:23 +0000

Are you talking about your FAFSA expected financial contribution (EFC)? If so-- I wouldn’t count on CMU to match everything. My EFC was something like 16,000-- it was very low. In the end, CMU gave me roughly 9,000 in aid, most of that in loans and work-study, and only about 4,000 in a grant.

Oh, and I was an ED applicant.

I also had “superb SAT scores”, colorado_mom (2220)-- CMU does not give out much, if any merit aid. I asked around at the start of the year and couldn’t find a single kid with merit aid, so I’m wondering if it’s just a fairytale here.