Merit Aid for transfer students?

BrownParent
Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:57:09 +0000

Average aid awarded means nothing at all to you. Average means that some get a very high offer because they are highly desirable and have high stats and some get nothing because they don’t need to attract them. Or they get thrown a bone of some token amount. But that is only for freshmen. For transfers it is very hard to get any aid. They don’t really need to pay up for stats because those stats are not reported anywhere and don’t help the ranking. As a matter of fact, some schools will take transfers with great character and life experience but rocky history in high school, such as military who are doing good work in a CC now that they have matured. They don’t hurt the rankings and they come with military benefits too. Many colleges just focus on need aid for transfers if they have the budget, they don’t always try to meet need either.

Bottom line is that you are going to get the best aid as a freshman. If you can’t afford your college don’t go. Take a gap year and reapply everywhere. You need a 4 year plan, not a 1 year plan.