Financial Aid Negotiation, Please Help!

chess2520
Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:38:34 +0000

Hi
my estimated efc for cornell is about 35k, and cornell is “meeting” that price, but 7.5k of it is in subsidized loans

1) how are loans in any way meeting your need, especially when you may have to take out further loans on top of the efc cost?

2) why is cornell’s fa so bad? rice and vanderbilt are giving me more fa, but i want to go to cornell
how do i negotiate with the fa office to get a reasonable price (my efc of 35k is something i can afford, i cant afford 42.5k)

Thanks for the help!