Just received my financial aid package..veryy tempting

xindianx
Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:49:36 +0000

Hey guys, I just received my financial aid awards package, I got 10k in merit scholarship, 5,300 in tuition remission grant, and 2,300 in university grants, so basically 18k x 4, almost 80k dollars of free money, and then they offered some loans and stuff (perkits loan, fed subsidized stafford loan, and fed-work study), but idk if im gonna take the loans. Basically, they’re paying for my tuition for the honors program, it’s super tempting, but i find out my other 10 colleges in a couple weeks (cornell, jhu, tufts, top choices), and then I’ll decide. But to be honest, when i visited uconn I absolutely loved it, it’s a beautiful campus and it’s a prime location, and the honors program research I have done so far has lead me to believe it is super beneficial, and of course, going to uconn on a full-ride basically is also a nice lil perk. Hm, any opinions/pros and cons on how I should approach this decision? By the way, all the other colleges, i.e jhu and stuff, I probably will receive very little money.