<p>Congrats to you and your D, Tperry!</p>
<p>My daughter was greeted by the singing Handsome Dan at 5;01 pm yesterday and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to join your ranks as a Yale parent!</p>
<p>Welcome, Heights, and congrats to you and your daughter!</p>
<p>New parent here. So happy and more so, honored that son is selected. The split second after logging on the portal was extremely stressful for me. Son was cool about it the entire weekend and on Monday, until 4:55 pm when he finally sat down in front of the computer. Maybe this is a guy thing :)</p>
<p>I kept on reminding my son in the past 2 days that the differences among accepted, deferred and rejected are not that much, and he should treasure the opportunity to learn and grow at Yale.</p>
<p>My son wanted to be alone when he logged in. I stayed in the kitchen but asked what response he wanted from me in the event of a deferral or rejection (he is a strong candidate, but as unhooked as any kid can be). In any case, I told him that I’d appreciate being told not all too long after he found out. Off he went, and then the sounds he made coming back downstairs made him telling me about the acceptance somewhat anti-climatic! </p>
<p>We are very excited.</p>
<p>May any current or past Yale parents help me out?
I was accepted Monday, despite all odds. I’m thrilled to death.
However, I received no financial aid, none! (Yes, I sent in all my forms!)
My family doesn’t make very much, and I’ve contacted financial aid twice and they’ve pretty much told me to screw off.
Is there any way to get them to move? Has anyone in the past? I really don’t want to apply anywhere else but I can’t take out $250k in loans.</p>
<p>@ellacherie</p>
<p>I haven’t posted on this forum in years, but here goes.</p>
<p>4 years ago we received no aid upon acceptance, but after calling the office we found that they had misinterpreted our financial situation and we ended up with significant aid. You have the advantage of time, being an early admit, so go ahead and call the office and explain your situation - they may be amenable.</p>
<p>^^ Call Yale’s Financial Aid Office and explain that your aid package was not included with your acceptance letter. I’m sure it’s just a slip-up.</p>
<p>Yes, call them. The people I’ve talked to have always been super friendly and helpful. I can’t imagine them telling you to “screw off” at all. I’ve spoken most recently to Nicole Neville and Sarah Bedan who are both assistant directors - try either one.</p>
<p>The answer to this might be in this thread, but 3169 is a lot of posts, and I could not find it via search.
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<p>How much do you experienced parents consider a good amount to “contract to the plan?” Is this where money for laundry, books, etc. is to be deposited?</p>
<p>It sounds as though the monthly bill is only viewable by the student. Is this bill also available for the parents to view?</p>
<p>Question for experienced Yale parents: my freshman daughter has not been happy in her suite this year - too many roommate issues to name. How are sophomore year suites/suitemates assigned?</p>
<p>If your family “doesn’t make very much”, you will receive financial aid - unless your family has huge assets. Be polite when you call, and address the issue in writing if you do not get a clear answer. Frankly, if Yale doesn’t qualify you for need-based financial aid, there will be few to no other universities that qualify you for need-based financial aid. They are more generous than 99.9% of the universities out there. Merit aid is a different matter, and you would probably be eligible for merit aid from other universities - but don’t count on getting more needbased aid from other universities.</p>
<p>Momsville: as the year winds down, people start forming up triples, quads, doubles, etc. depending on what the residential college has available as likely Soph housing options. Then the rooms are divvied up by lottery. Even during the room draw, as certain types of rooms get parceled out, then unlucky groups may need to re-form. It can be nerve wracking as relationships get ordered and new ones form. </p>
<p>What your DD needs to do now is to look at what type of room most sophomores have in the college. And then form a group in anticipation. For instance, let’s say triples are the most likely combination. She should form in her mind two girls she’d like to room with next year and put out feelers. And also form back up plans if someone falls through or if she wants to pursue other options (like doubles quads, etc). Good luck to your DD.</p>
<p>Ella - did you run the NPC on the website? Our final numbers were very close, but we have boring finances, no unusual family business or real estate, just salary, home equity, and assets.</p>
<p>Momsville - so sorry to hear that. My freshman D has been very happy. She is living with suite mates who are different from each other, but all have been kind and considerate. Hope your D finds the same for next year!</p>
<p>Ixnay - D gave us permission to access the monthly account. Kind of had to since we are paying the direct charges. She pays for laundry, books, etc. with her debit card from her home bank account. She has not found a need to use cash much at all, and has not opened an account in New Haven.</p>
<p>@Momsville: Housing selection for next year occurs around Spring Break. Your daughter needs to be approaching other potential roommates in January and February, so that she’s prepared to enter into the sophomore housing lottery knowing if she’s looking for a double, triple or quad.</p>
<p>IxnayBob</p>
<p>The electronic bill payment portal (called Ebill - ePay) can be set up for access by “Other Authorized Payers”. Go to the web page at [eBill-ePay</a> - Welcome to eBill-ePay](<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/sis/ebep/]eBill-ePay”>http://www.yale.edu/sis/ebep/) and see the instructions. From there you can see the monthly bill and make electronic payments. Your student will have to set up the authorization from within the Yale web portal.</p>
<p>The “plan” refers to the monthly payment plan which is strictly for tuition, room & board and health insurance. All other expenses such as books, laundry, etc. are handled by you and your student directly. Just about all kids use debit/credit cards from any bank for this purpose. Bank of America ATM’s are on campus so that makes for a good banking choice since cash withdrawals will be without service charges.</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve used that plan for 2 years. They use ACS and it is just for tuition, etc, no acct for your child is set up through it. How it was explained to me, you get your bill, you can pay the whole amount upfront, or pay some of it and divide the rest over 10 months. We chose to do it that way the last 2 years and it has been helpful.
I used e-bill to pay Yale directly, ACS for the payment plan.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information re accounts. BoA and Visa will be his friends, and I will become accustomed to 10 monthly withdrawals of more than I spent on my first 3 cars combined (to remind me that he got into his first choice 
).</p>
<p>Momsville: sorry to hear about your daughter’s unhappy roommate situation. My DD was in the same boat freshman year. For her it turned out that all of her friends were in a different RC. She met with her dean and master as well as the dean and master at the other RC, filled out paperwork, and officially changed RCs. It was most definitely the right move for her. She would have had an impossible time putting together a suite of people she connected with in her original RC. For many people, the original housing placement is great, for others, it isn’t–so let your daughter know she is not alone!</p>
<p>Merry Christmas to all.</p>
<p>Welcome to the new Yalie Parents.</p>