School List Discussion

carachel2
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:28:12 +0000

You write “deally looking for around 15-20K in aid with around mid 100’s income level but can swing the full pay if needed.”

So what is your budget exactly? Does that mean you could afford Columbia/Harvard, etc at about $45,000 a year after they gave you maybe 10-15,000 in need based aid?

Or does that mean you could afford UT only IF you got $15-20K in aid from them?

Do you know your EFC and do you have a budget for how much you can pay?

UT will most likely be full pay for you guys. Stinks that they got rid of NMF but it is what it is. COA $27K per year estimated unless she got one of the coveted, rare and highly competitive “40 Acres Scholarships.” It would definitely be something you couldn’t bank on for sure.

Read the admissions forum for engineering at UT for last year. There were a few tippy top Val/perfect SAT combos who didn’t get into engineering and were admitted to UT into another major. Crazy! We had no idea.

Texas A&M offers full tuition for NMF so that one would fit your budget.

You would get zero merit aid at Columbia of course. We have a family member there who was also a NMF and they are full pay @ $65,000/year. Zero merit aid. Depending on where your income is in the mid 100’s you might get some need based aid…maybe 10-20K?

Same for MIT, Yale, etc. with the need based aid.

Vanderbilt has some competitive merit scholarships so that would be interesting to play your odds on that one.

Still a rookie playing the odds but just from what we’ve learned on here: balance out that list. You should add some pure financial safeties. She would get a full ride at Alabama and OU and a few others that give full NMF.