How many full rides did you get?

ericng
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:05:00 +0000

Cornell doesn’t give full rides. You could get a financial aid package that amounts to a full ride. I have an EFC of 0 ~ 500 dollars. Cornell gave me around 36,000 grants. However, they had a sumemr expectation of about 2060 dollars. They always gave me a 610 dollar perkins loan and 2625 direct stafford loan w/ 1800 in work study. Cornell is generous for low income students but they don’t give full rides unless you win a special Cornell scholarship which may eliminate your loans. Other than that, your EFC and summer savings and work study stays. Scholarships do not decrease EFC at cornell. They only reduce self help and if the scholarships go beyond the self help, it decreases grants.