So how did you do with Financial Aid - it's posted

condensate
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:12:00 +0000

I was quite worried when I heard that CMU only guarantees a match to EFC for ED applicants. I live with my mom only, and she makes about 11k a year(although she also receives untaxed tips under the table - she’s a waitress.) Last year, she won 60k in the lottery, and then wasted it lol. So her total taxed income for last year was 73k, much more than her actual income. We get government help, food stamps, health insurance, etc. So when the EFC was about 9,000, I was quite worried that if they wouldn’t match it, I wouldn’t be able to attend. Fortunately, they did match it(42k CMU + Government grants, and 7k in loans) which is still a bit much out of my pocket, but if I get a part-time job over the summer/winter/spring breaks and ask my father(who wasn’t going to help) to give something, I can do it. Next year, when my mother’s income goes back to normal I should probably get a few thousand more, and it would be much less of a problem.