Generally yes. But while I don't see myself going to a couple schools right now, it could change based on whatever financial aid package they gave me. So while it would be nice to decline the lower half of my acceptance list I'm not going to lose sleep over waiting till packages are offered, if at all.
You can look at it this way: at rolling admissions schools some people are accepted earlier than others, and the order acceptances are announced does not always correlate with the order that people were interviewed in. And I'm not even talking about schools that waitlist or defer till March most of the applicants they interview.
Well, you still consider attending these schools, if only for a nice fin aid package 😉 (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that)
I fell in love with a school, but will have to wait all the way till mid-March to have my heart broken 🙂 It's just the way it works. Just think we'll have to go through essentially the same process in 4 (or, for some people, 5) years 😀
All the schools you were (accepted to)/(waitlisted at)/(interviewed at but still waiting for the match) and consider attending. It's a good thing that there are basically the same applications for all the schools.
You can find something on school-specific threads and school's own websites. All I know is, top schools seem to be some of the the most generous (Vandy, Penn, WashU, UMichigan come to mind); I've heard that Harvard and Cornell only give need-based aid, while WashU and Penn give both need-based and merit-based. Schools that offer substantial scholarships usually don't shy away from talking about it at their fin aid presentations/on their web sites.
my understanding is that if we don't have parents tax info we don't qualify for scholarships. I'm in the same boat....no way I can get my parents info...they dont even live in the country anymore
do we report both or just one is fine if parents are divorced?
As far as I know, most if no all schools require tax information from both parents if divorced.
that's rough. haven't talked to one of my parents and we aren't exactly on good terms. not sure how I can possibly get tax info :O
just as clarification, this effects scholarship but not loans right?
Right, it doesn't affect unsubsidized loans; regardless of you circumstances you can get as many of those as necessary to cover the total cost of attendance. It only affects how much need-based grants and subsidized loans you get.
Congrats on your II!
Why would it suck for your case? I am in somewhat similar situation, both of my parents are out of the country, and while their income is somewhat appropriate for where they live, it's rather tiny by US standards. It might unfair, in a way, but would not that increase the likelihood of receiving a need-based grant? Or do you have ethical concerns about taking such a grant?
My mother is poor even by the standards of my country, lucky me 😀 I had a really crappy foreign childhood, and I will have no ethical concerns accepting need-based grants.
Told ya you'd overtake me 🙂 still sitting at 15 with nothing but radio silence. I'm good with that though. Heres to a conservative application strategy!
Yep 🙂 I still have high hopes for some of the schools I've interviewed at, though I should probably curb my expectations.
Got it, that's very similar to the concerns that I have as well. Although with no IIs so far, it might turn out not to be a problem at all.
I have a suspicion we come from the same country 😀
I don't know, mine is rather small. 😉
You'll figure it out, you've done much harder things.👍
How do you know hers didn't used to own yours? 🙂
Now, now, I wouldn't use the word "own"
😛And there are more than 2 alphabets in the world anyway. In fact, Israel is quite a small country 😉
They did not want us, even when we formally asked to be a state. And they might be better off for not taking us. 😀
"Own" used to be such a bad word, once upon a time... 😉Now, now, I wouldn't use the word "own"
Now I'm curious. By state do you mean it wasn't its own republic (as in union of Soviet socialist)?
Refusing to expand its territory? This sounds suspiciously not like my country 😀 But I gotcha 😉
