GWU Financial Aid

HopefulColonial1
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:35:12 +0000

So… GWU has an interesting policy regarding financial aid that I believe other full-need students should know about.

The school will not allow ‘gift aid’ to exceed 80% of the COA ($60,000). Unfortunately, they arent only referring to the aid from the school. If you bring any scholarships to GWU, rather than helping you cover the remaining 20% ($15,000) of the COA, the school will lower the amount of aid they offer. Meaning, you could earn 10K, 20K, 30K, ect. in scholarships and will still be 20% ($15,000) short.

Seems like a really bad policy for a school trying to break the ‘rich kid’ stereotype. I probably wont be able to attend GWU because of this policy that, to me, punishes low-income students who put in the work to earn scholarships.

Thoughts? Suggestions?