How much aid can I get realistically?

damara
Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:17:07 +0000

Net price calculators are wildly variable, like I said. Harvard’s NPC, on their site and not through collegeboard, tells me 30k EFC, Stanford’s tells me 40k, Columbia’s, through the collgeboard NPC, tells me 50k. Since they’re very comparable schools in general they should probably be giving me similar amounts but they’re not and that’s worrying.

We live in CA so Berkeley, UCLA, etc. will be cheaper for us since they’re in state. I’m applying to some schools where I know I can get aid but still feeling a little rough just because they’re obviously not as great as schools with no merit aid. But I’m lucky to live in CA because I can still go to a great public school so I’m not too bummed.

Anyways. Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it.