Transfers: What school gave you the best/worst financial aid packet?

Transfer Students
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<p>This board is mainly for us transfer hopefuls who are, or will be, in need of financial aid to pursue our education goals; from former transfers can post their stats and such, and potential transfers can get rough idea of what to expect from potential schools, FA-wise. Former transfers, would you be so kind to post your best/worst financial aid packages from the schools you applied to? I (and many others) would greatly appreciate it :3 </p>

<p>High School GPA:
College GPA:
SAT/ACT scores:
ECs:
Race:
Income bracket: Could be a lot better/In-between/Up-there/Really Up-there [ b] status here in bold [/ b]
Original college:
Years attended:
Did you receive your associates before transferring?:
Colleges applied to transfer to?:
Colleges accepted to?:
Best financial aid packets/cost covered?: [f ont color=“00800”] School here :around half/most/full-ride [/f ont]
Worst financial packets?: [f ont color=“FF0000”] School here :none/A third-or-less/around half [/f ont]</p>

<p>Currently attending/planning to attend:</p>

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<p>The only factor you listed that is pertinent to the FA package you will receive from a college is income bracket, none of the others are considered.</p>

<p>In addition, while income bracket is arguably the most important factor in the calculation of FA, many other factors are also important, including but not limited to: assets, number of children attending college, and home equity.</p>

<p>The best way to get an idea of FA as a transfer is to:</p>

<p>Read the FA policies for transfers on college websites.</p>

<p>Run NPCs for schools with the FA policies in mind (ie. recognize whether a college treats transfers the same as fr admits who the NPC is designed for or if it gives less FA to transfers).</p>

<p>Understand that NPCs are estimates and are less reliable if family circumstances are complicated (eg. owning a small business).</p>

<p>NOTE: if you are asking about merit awards, that is different from FA which is considered need-based aid.</p>