<p>coreur - isn’t it just for tuition, not room & board? Also, I believe I read that there is some sort of refund if it turns out the student withdraws. Yes, we could tecnically do this right now and with financial institutions so iffy it’s tempting to just do it. </p>
<p>Actually, a tiny insane voice in my head keeps asking if maybe, just maybe tuition will actually go down as more and more affluent families find they can’t manage full freight. Wishful thinking, no doubt.</p>
<p>Is tuition adjusted yearly for inflation - maybe that’s why it would seem to increase 6-7%?</p>
<p>Inflation is not 6-7%!</p>
<p>From online site “FinAid: The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid”:</p>
<p>“A good rule of thumb is that (university) tuition rates will increase at about twice the general inflation rate. During any 17-year period from 1958 to 2001, the average annual tuition inflation rate was between 6% and 9%, ranging from 1.2 times general inflation to 2.1 times general inflation. On average, tuition tends to increase about 8% per year. An 8% college inflation rate means that the cost of college doubles every nine years.”</p>
<p>Re: waiving the BC/BS-- DH has always refigured the payment and submitted the corrected amount beginning with the July bill. The receivables office has never had a problem with this.</p>
<p>I just called student billing and the lady said that this benefit of getting locked in at this year’s rate is only for those who are not on financial aid-at least that’s what she had heard years ago. To be certain she asked to call Financial aid at H.</p>
<p>1moremom - So waiving BC/BS doesn’t result in the amount of the Harvard scholarship grant being refigured?</p>
<p>nickybol, yes I understand that. I meant perhaps that the 6%-7% annual increase in tuition (cited earlier in the thread) may be a nominal figure rather than a real one (so that in real $, tuition isnt increasing by nearly as much)</p>
<p>GADad: That’s correct.</p>
<p>The amount of BC/BS was completed deducted from the total amount that we have to pay. The Harvard scholarship was not affected at all. It was quite simple, they deducted $702 from my term bill.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when my son will receive his roommate list? Will he have a chance to contact them prior to his arrival? Can anyone explain how this process works?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>He will get a letter, in August I think, with the room assignment and roommate’s name and contact info. The boys will then probably be e-mailing or IMing each other within a few minutes after opening their letters.</p>
<p>Has anyone shipped stuff to Harvard? We’re thinking we may do that so that we can fly into Boston for the move-in.</p>
<p>this may be out of context, but I had a question for parents who have succeeded to send their kids off to harvard. Is it possible for an International applicant (canadian, if that makes any difference) who needs a financial aid to get into Harvard? All my scores are great with perfect GPA etc… but I have one 3 on my AP test… do they even consider the AP exam in admissions? anyone have any experience with their son/daughter being admitted into harvard with a 3 on their ap exam?</p>
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<p>Yes, they provide a shipping address. And on Move-in Day they set up a station in the Science Center where you can pick it up. There is always a huge line of kids and parents picking up their shipped boxes on Move-in Day.</p>
<p>guitars101, Last year, DD found out who her roomies were going to be on 7 August. She actually received an e-mail from one of her new roomies introducing herself and giving contact info (telephone and Facebook) on that date, and a few days later received a snail mail letter from H with housing info. I do have to tell you that H must have some type of algorithm to match roommates - they really do a good job with matching kids together. DD’s frosh roomies have become her best friends and they will all be together again next year. </p>
<p>mammall, We have shipped lots of stuff to DD at H. Each frosh is assigned a mailbox in the Science Center, and whenever a package arrives a notice is sent to them. The mailboxes are in the basement of the Science Center and there is also a mail room there where they can collect their packages.</p>
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<p>Agreed. D’s freshman year roommate quickly became her best friend, and they roomed/blocked together all four years. And now post-grad they still are close even though they live in different cities and are planning to take trips and vacations together.</p>
<p>I looked back through the Parent Thread and couldn’t find the discussion about extra-long sheets. Didn’t one of the students tell us which to supplier to use and what size to purchase if we were going to pass on Harvard’s offer of pricey sheets to fit their long mattresses?</p>
<p>One of the students works for HSA and mentions HSA’s search for good quality X-long sheets. We did not go through HSA and just bought from Target. At this time of the year, many stores have sheets in that size. You may want to go to the Parents’ cafe where there’s a sticky on “Last Year’s bedding…”</p>
<p>Thanks, Marite</p>