Financial Aid throughout Academic Years

spqr70nj
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:44:01 +0000

@Sybylla Thanks for following up and providing some great questions to mull over. Syracuse is the latest of my son’s acceptances. He (we) have not made a final decision yet on school choice, but here are some of the takeaways:

Yes, SAT was 1290 but overall GPA is over a 4.0uw (as of February). Currently enrolled in APs, Honors and Dual Enrollment courses with all As - preCalc, Physics and chemstry (‘A’s as well).

Has been accepted to all schools he applied for direct admit into Engineering, including Penn State, Rutgers (instate), Buffalo, West Virginia (Honors College), NJIT, and Syracuse. Accepted to Maryland but because of LEP offered Arts & Science. Waitlisted at Rensselaer and Virginia Tech. Only school left is NYU which I have my own personal reservations about.

This upcoming weekend and next week having second looks at WV, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Rutgers (which is instate for us). We’re writing off Penn State because they offered 2+2 and doesn’t make sense both financial and college experience-wise to attend a PA branch school as OOS. Also, we were turned off by the way things were handled with PSU.

In terms of scholarship and aid, WV, Buffalo, and NJIT offered four year scholarships of $22k, $10k and $6k, respectively, plus federal student loans. Syracuse offered the grant plus student loan. Instate Rutgers, Maryland, and Penn State offered nothing but the federal student loan - must be a Big 10 thing.

All schools are big enough to have a fallback in the event he changed his major. One of the reasons he steered away from engineering specific institutions (or where they ranked lower on his preferred list).