<p>guitars101: New or old Quincy? My kid lives in Quincy and we helped her move in.</p>
<p>Thanks marite.
D will have to wait until Monday morning when the storage for Dunster will open on May 18th. They provide 12 cu. ft of storage equivalent to 6 boxes. D has a fridge too. Is there any other storage near Harvard where she could pay and store her remaining stuff over the summer?</p>
<p>Guitars: I think itās fine to help your kid move in (and out for that matter.) Lots of parents do; they generally donāt hang around long after the move-in though.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Yes, we are going to help our son move in. Iām not sure if itās old quincy or new quincy. Iāll find out.</p>
<p>Hi all, just arrived back from Boston to visit D, watch hubby run marathon and my son went to MIT prefrosh CPW unfortunately he has to come back to study for IB exams so wonāt be attending Harvardās prefrosh although D had him spend Sunday with her at Yardfest etc. He had a great time. Son stayed at a Frat at MIT and liked it, D felt MIT got an unfair advantage! Still hasnāt made up mindā¦(ugh) because he wants engineering he is leaning towards MIT but likes Harvard for the dining, housing, overall feel etcā¦and of course money is better at Harvard. (Does anyone have any engineering experience at Harvard)?</p>
<p>Question for Gadad, we were surprised when we received our financial aide package as my sonās offer was even more than our freshman daughters for next year and we will end up paying over 20% of income even though we are under 180K. Is the 10% per child or per family I was under the assumption that it was for the familyā¦but would be interested in hearing what you think or what other parents experience is with two kids.</p>
<p>BTW, Marathon was great, fun to watchā¦still not sure Iād want to run it (or be able to for that matter) although my 11 year old ran in the 1st annual 5K the day before the marathon! ! As for being shy about postingā¦I am less apt to put things in writing but as my daughter commented upon our arrival back today, I did strike up conversations with 20 random people over the 18 days of our tripā¦(she and her friend were counting unbeknownst to me!). I do talk a lot in person! It must have been that I was so happy to just be able to speak in English!!! Still getting used to the online thing but starting to get the hang of it!</p>
<p>I am also interested in hearing what others have to say about the above post.</p>
<p>EAO - Your daughter and my son would enjoy comparing notes on their momsā prolific social skills. My wife is typically the last one to leave a reception; if thereās still someone to talk to, sheās not going anywhere. :)</p>
<p>Regarding financial aid, I think your frame of reference may be the Estimated Family Contribution under FAFSA. If your EFC is $30,000 and you have one kid in college, s/he would be expected to cover $30,000. If you have two, theyād each be expected to cover $15K and three in the same year would each be assessed $10K. My two Dsā Harvard aid packages for this year are a little convoluted for me to figure since they both have funds under their own names that add to their expected contributions and outside scholarships that subtract from them, but I think that in general they have each been charged about 10% of our familyās annual income before the contributions from their funds and the reductions for their outside awards. Though it may seem counterintuitive, itās still far more generous than the FAFSA formula - my wife and I can send both of our Ds to Harvard for about 3/4 of what it would have cost to send either of them to Yale (and much less than it would have cost to send either one somewhere that utilizes the federal EFC formula!). If your kids have any savings or assets under their own names, the difference will be especially substantial - Harvard chooses to assess student assets as the same rate as parents (5.6% per year) instead of the 20-25% a year that colleges typically charge.</p>
<p>Hello!
This may sound silly, but when will current students receive information as to the tuition/fees that we will be responsible for this coming Sept? If COA is increased by 3%, does this mean that our portion will also be increased? or is the financial aid package that we received last year upon our students acceptance stay the same for the next 3 years? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>Regarding financial aid for two college students: The offer from Harvard is slightly higher grant money this year for my accepted son than it will be when our older son finishes college. While older S does not attend Harvard, he attends an institution with comparable aid rules (no loans, no merit aid) so while Harvard lowered our contribution for younger son due to having another full-time college student they did not half it. This being said, as we compare financial aid offers and cost of attendance for our younger son we have asked each school the amount by which they have reduced our contribution due to having two children in college. The amounts ranged from 40% to 50%. But the good news from Harvard is that they did not reduce it by nearly that much so for years 2 through 4 of younger sonās education if he attends Harvard, our contribution will be much less than that required of the other schools. The difference for the later years is quite stunning. And as far as this parent is concerned tilts the scales toward Harvard.</p>
<p>Guitars - if you reapplied for aid by April 17 I think youāll hear back around June. The aid package is not the same from year to year, but if your familyās financial circumstances havenāt changed a lot, the aid package should probably be relatively similar.</p>
<p>Guitars - Just to add to GaDad - it will likely be proportionally similar relative to the 3.5% increase. Therefore, your sonās grant may go up since tuition is going up. Also, if your assets have gone down (due to paying for school) that may increase your aid as well.</p>
<p>EAO - Your daughterās package will probably increase too since you will now have two in school, whether at Harvard or elsewhere.</p>
<p>Gadad and twinmom, Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Wow, I am just amazed at how passionate you parents are about college admissions, housing, food, financing, etc. </p>
<p>My parents wouldnāt care if I got into an elite school. </p>
<p>āHey mom, I got rejected by Harvardā</p>
<p>āOh, okā¦ Did you know where there is a pen in this houseā¦ā</p>
<p>Gadad, I bet you are right! My kidās and husband always kid me about knowing everybody and my husband is amazed at what total strangers tell me in grocery store lines! One of his favorites stories is that we had just moved to a new town and had only been there for about 2 days when we went to Target to pick up some stuff and I ran into three different people that I had met in the previous two days-one of whom invited us all over for a cookout later that day! The woman is still my friend. </p>
<p>Thanks for the information on financial aid as well! Twinmom that makes sense, thanks for pointing it out. I guess I didnāt realize that we might not be paying the same for #1 again this year. I just assumed but will wait and see. Now if my son would just make up his mind!!!</p>
<p>waitn184ā¦What can we say? You will just have to wait n see how you feel when you have kids and have to pay those tuition, housing and food costs! As for the elite school, I think most of us would be happy with whatever school our kids went to as long as they are happy!</p>
<p>EAO, My DH also ran; itās always nice to have another excuse to visit S. Four years ago he was torn between Harvard and MIT. He chose Harvard then and is headed to MIT for grad school in the fall.</p>
<p>1moremom, thanks for the input, I passed it on to my son- hard choice both good schools, if you donāt mind me asking what did your son major in? You can PM me if you prefer.
Congratulations to your DH its such a life chip-bucket list kind of accomplishment and it is so much fun and inspiring to watch! Everytime my husband does a marathon I think āIām going to start running!ā Then the enthusiasm wears off and wellā¦Maybe this year!</p>
<p>2tired mom found a link on engineering and course requirements
[FAS</a> Handbook for Students: Chapter 3: Fields of Concentration](<a href=āhttp://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter3/engineering_sciences.html]FASā>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter3/engineering_sciences.html)</p>
<p>Iām pretty late here. I have a few things I want to share and a question for all you experts.</p>
<p>First, I am thrilled with the financial aid Harvard gave my student. It was far more than MIT and Stanford offered. She did get offers from other schools that were similar to Harvardās, but the schools were not in the same league. I called Harvard to tell them how pleased I was, although my daughter made me promise not to use our name out of fear they would find they had made a mistake! I made this pledge to them, and I suggest those of you who can, make the same promise. That is, I promised they would receive every penny they gave my daughter financial aid. (It might take the rest of my life, but Iāll do it. I am so happy with every contact we have had with that wonderful university!) I cannot for the life of me understand how MIT, Stanford, and Harvard all had the same information and yet there was such disparity in the EFC. </p>
<p>My daughter did not make it to the visit this weekend. Is that going to put her at any disadvantage, other than no tee shirt, which is a tragedy right now? Also, when it comes time to move students in, how much will it stand out that she has no one with her? I am going to accompany her to Boston a few days before Pre-Orientation, but I must return to my work by the 25th. So if she does not get into a Pre-Orientation program, and has to stay with friends, will she be the one kid there with no parents? (I feel TERRIBLE, but I cannot get those days off work as I am in charge of a conference.)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help. I have had a 1000 other questions, some of which Iāve found the answer to here. Others Iāve forgotten for the moment, so you are sure to see me back.</p>
<p>I love your screen-name. Fan of Ronsard here. If your D will already be at Harvard by the move-in date, she will be fine. She probably will need to move into her freshman dorm, but she should be able to rope in some of her new made friends to help. Iād suggest you make sure that she has what she needs in terms of bedding, lamps, etcā¦ if you will not be able to drive her to shop on move-in day.</p>