2011-2012 Northwestern Application Thread

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I got an email an hour ago with instructions on how to set it up
 
did anyone who was accepted NOT get the "Set up your Feinberg email account" email?
 
Does anyone understand the effects of the new curriculum well? I think I heard that our pre-clinical years will be shorter, but I don't know much about it other than that. Will we get more free time? longer break before the start of clinical years?
 
i think getting the email account thing had to do with you submitting financial aid forms early/on time...since thats were the financial aid info. will be coming. (i got the email too)

BY THE WAY, HAS ANYONE GOTTEN ANY MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THIS SCHOOL YET?
 
for current students, any links to nice apartments near the medical school?
 
No merit scholarships yet. Are u leaning toward NW over Dartmouth? I stayed out of commenting on your other posting as I'm obviously a bit biased. lol
 
berkeleykid84 said:
No merit scholarships yet. Are u leaning toward NW over Dartmouth? I stayed out of commenting on your other posting as I'm obviously a bit biased. lol
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Hi Berkeleykid, yes i am leaning towards NW; i'm about 90% there 🙂...yeah, they pretty much ripped apart dartmouth in the other thread.
 
Just got a $160,000 merit scholarship. I was floored. This makes my choice a lot more interesting...
 
Wow congratulations!! When did you submit your FA application??

Is this solely for Merit-based aid; not Need-based? (ie. did you get your whole financial aid package, or just this merit-based award?)
 
A while ago; submitted FAFSA in early Feb and all my forms around then too. They said it was independent of need-based aid though so I doubt that matters...
 
nykid said:
Just got a $160,000 merit scholarship. I was floored. This makes my choice a lot more interesting...
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wow..good for you!! thanks for sharing! where else are you considering?

i wonder if they looked at the other schools that you've been accepted to prior to making such a handsome award
 
Congratulations guys! How many students get merit scholarships?
 
No idea how many, but it seems that they are all offered at once?? (I was just reading last year's Feinberg thread when the 2 people who said they got merit scholarship both got it 3/31 -- this also had nothing to do with the date you submitted your financial aid apps...) That would be a little disappointing :-/

Still haven't gotten an email asking me to set up an FSM email account... maybe this gets sent out when our package is almost ready to be sent out?! (which then DOES have to do with what date we sent in our financial aid app?)
 
I received a merit based grant e-mail yesterday as well. I'm pretty sure it's completely independent of FAFSA, Need Access etc. Best of luck to everyone!
 
I also got a merit-based scholarship email yesterday ($120,000), but nothing regarding need-based. I also did not get an email about setting up an FSM account.
 
I got the "FSM account set-up" email last week. I just barely had my financial aid on time, so I doubt that it has anything to do with financial aid. I would give admissions a call.
 
I was Waitlisted and have called the admissions office multiple times to check on my file. No movement yet and they said no movement until may
 
Got my financial aid paperwork/offer all emailed to me today. Whew thats a pretty penny!
 
Got my finaid package and got a really nice need-based grant.
I <3 Feinberg so much more now!!
 
To those who got the FinAid package info... you guys got it through the FSM email you set up? Did you get any contact through the email you put on the AMCAS app?
 
Nakita said:
I am definitely matriculating at Northwestern FSM Class of 2016! (The financial aid package helped me with the decision a bit.... 😉 ) It feels so real now that I just withdrew from everywhere else. Now I can obsess over what my life will be like as a FSM student in Chicago!! I am so excited 😀
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When did you send your fin aid info in? Is there a rhyme or reason to who is getting their packets first and who isn't? Has anyone talked to the financial aid office about this?
 
member2867 said:
When did you send your fin aid info in? Is there a rhyme or reason to who is getting their packets first and who isn't? Has anyone talked to the financial aid office about this?
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The office said it is on a "rolling basis"...
 
member2867 said:
When did you send your fin aid info in? Is there a rhyme or reason to who is getting their packets first and who isn't? Has anyone talked to the financial aid office about this?
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I submitted fafsa and need access in February. I got my completed tax returns in March just before the deadline.

I received notification of the award through my northwestern email account, and you need to have your net id set up to see award in Caesar. it is electronic.

hope that helps!
 
Nakita said:
I submitted fafsa and need access in February. I got my completed tax returns in March just before the deadline.

I received notification of the award through my northwestern email account, and you need to have your net id set up to see award in Caesar. it is electronic.

hope that helps!
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Agreed...same here..i did all the financial aid paperwork according to their "deadline"..and I'm sure that's why my package and email account setup thing came in early...i would just be a little patient if i were you (although i know its tough)...im sure it's coming any moment now.
 
i was complete by march 20th or so (i was accepted march 1 so my "deadline" was 3-weeks-post-acceptance) and haven't gotten emails about anything financial (or setting up an fsm account)
 
luckyducky87 said:
i was complete by march 20th or so (i was accepted march 1 so my "deadline" was 3-weeks-post-acceptance) and haven't gotten emails about anything financial (or setting up an fsm account)
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yes...but the earlier date was to be done by march 15th..with everything submitted electronically by march 1st in order to reach the march 15th deadline. I did all of that. so even though u were still on time, i had my paperwork in earlier than yours...thats all i was trying to say but i guess i didn't communicate it clearly enough...so the rolling basis thing seems to hold.
 
This is probably a stupid question, but what's considered a "good" deal when it comes to financial packages? As in, I assume that if it's fairly "standard" for all schools to offer $5000 (let's say), then it's not so exciting to see that you got that amount, whereas $10,000 would be more exciting. Any idea what FSM usually gives out? Or what amount would be considered a great deal?

Also, I see 3 lines in my report -- (1) FSM Grant, (2) Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan, (3) Federal Graduate Plus Loan. Is my understanding correct that "FSM Grant" is basically the need-based scholarship ("free money," no need to pay back) that the school is giving me? And both (2)+(3) are loans I'll be paying back. On that note, how does the school divide the amounts between the two different loans, and what does that actually mean for me?

Lastly(!), to approximate what my debt would be at the end of medical school, I would just take (2) and (3) loans, add them up, multiply by 4 years, and that would be the number?

Thanks!! I'm not very familiar with these financial packages...
 
Hey everyone.
Has anyone received their student host info for Second Look next week? Look forward to seeing you all there!
Thanks
 
luckyducky87 said:
This is probably a stupid question, but what's considered a "good" deal when it comes to financial packages? As in, I assume that if it's fairly "standard" for all schools to offer $5000 (let's say), then it's not so exciting to see that you got that amount, whereas $10,000 would be more exciting. Any idea what FSM usually gives out? Or what amount would be considered a great deal?

Also, I see 3 lines in my report -- (1) FSM Grant, (2) Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan, (3) Federal Graduate Plus Loan. Is my understanding correct that "FSM Grant" is basically the need-based scholarship ("free money," no need to pay back) that the school is giving me? And both (2)+(3) are loans I'll be paying back. On that note, how does the school divide the amounts between the two different loans, and what does that actually mean for me?

Lastly(!), to approximate what my debt would be at the end of medical school, I would just take (2) and (3) loans, add them up, multiply by 4 years, and that would be the number?

Thanks!! I'm not very familiar with these financial packages...
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I called with many of the same Qs and here's what I was told:

Yes, the FSM grant is a need-based grant, and it's for four years. The max possible is 25k/year.

Stafford has better interest (6.8?) than Graduate Plus (7.8?). They prolly gave you the max Stafford possible and filled in the rest with Grad Plus.

About total debt, I think so, but if you look at the COA for all 4 years it varies a bit. I added up the 4 numbers (tho each year will be higher due to tuition increases) and subtracted my total FSM grant to get my "total debt" estimate. To that will be added the interest you incur. If your debt is 200k, probably you'll end up paying back 250-300k.

The finaid office is SUPER nice about explaining everything if you call! 🙂
 
capn jazz said:
I called with many of the same Qs and here's what I was told:

Yes, the FSM grant is a need-based grant, and it's for four years. The max possible is 25k/year.

Stafford has better interest (6.8?) than Graduate Plus (7.8?). They prolly gave you the max Stafford possible and filled in the rest with Grad Plus.

About total debt, I think so, but if you look at the COA for all 4 years it varies a bit. I added up the 4 numbers (tho each year will be higher due to tuition increases) and subtracted my total FSM grant to get my "total debt" estimate. To that will be added the interest you incur. If your debt is 200k, probably you'll end up paying back 250-300k.

The finaid office is SUPER nice about explaining everything if you call! 🙂
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Ah thanks! That's good to know.

But even for anyone with maximum FSM Grant of $25,000, given the COA of $77,703 (which will no doubt only increase from here), estimated debt over 4 years is at least ~$210,000. How can the difference between that and the average debt of ~$170,000 (at Feinberg) be explained?
 
nope, i didnt get anything about my second look host yet
 
luckyducky87 said:
Ah thanks! That's good to know.

But even for anyone with maximum FSM Grant of $25,000, given the COA of $77,703 (which will no doubt only increase from here), estimated debt over 4 years is at least ~$210,000. How can the difference between that and the average debt of ~$170,000 (at Feinberg) be explained?
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Some students will either live cheaper and take less loans, some might receive outside scholarships, others will receive significant help from their families.
 
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