How much aid can I get realistically?

damara
Sat, 11 Oct 2014 04:15:04 +0000

My father said that he expects to pay 25k a year for each of us, so 50k total. I don’t know how realistic it is to get an EFC of 25k with our current income and assets.

Net price calculators are strange because I get wildly different calculations from very similar schools.

I wanted to apply ED to Brown but now I’m thinking of EDing to a 568 school like Amherst or Columbia because they could potentially give better aid since they cap assets. Still, I’m not so sure about ED anymore because if I got in I probably WOULD be able to pay but it would be a huge burden… but since I’m able I couldn’t ask them to take back the decision.