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BrokenLlamas said:
Yeah my fam is pretty poor, but my interviewer (who is one of the directors) said I'd be getting a really generous aid package when they called to accept me (also had mentioned this at the end of my interview with them). All of this happened before I submitted my financial information - hope this helps!
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Same, Emily said "you won't have to worry about paying for your medical education" when she called me for the A. Love her 😍🤧
 
I_like_Floors said:
I qualify for need based too but on my initial offer I didn't get any grants for COA only loans so idk. But I heard that they almost never give grants in their first scholarship offers but they are willing if u write to them
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So did you get a grant that exceeds full tuition? That then gives you money for cost of living as well?
 
pencil434 said:
So did you get a grant that exceeds full tuition? That then gives you money for cost of living as well?
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That is what the grant would do but they gave me loans instead which I will negotiate once I hear back from one of their rival schools to have more leverage
 
I_like_Floors said:
That is what the grant would do but they gave me loans instead which I will negotiate once I hear back from one of their rival schools to have more leverage
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Oh I see - I thought you were saying you already negotiated and got a second offer extremely quickly. thanks for clearing things up!
 
got my financial aid email yesterday saying they wouldn’t offer me any aid. Asked in the nicest way possible about negotiating and to reconsider, turns out they made a mistake and now i got my Pritzker scholarship. Grateful is all i can say. Don’t be afraid to ask or negotiate everyone, the people in the financial aid are very nice and helpful!
 
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Does anyone happen to know how quick you hear back when asking Pritzker to renegotiate your aid? I got 75% tuition but was offered 100% tuition from elsewhere and sent it to Pritzker asking them to reconsider my aid. Haven’t heard back and I feel like my time to decide is really narrowing 😅
 
toffeenut17 said:
Does anyone happen to know how quick you hear back when asking Pritzker to renegotiate your aid? I got 75% tuition but was offered 100% tuition from elsewhere and sent it to Pritzker asking them to reconsider my aid. Haven’t heard back and I feel like my time to decide is really narrowing 😅
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I had the same situation and emailed my other offers (full ride + full tuition) to the financial aid office as well as an explanation of current family financial situations and got an email from them the next day. They said they won’t be able to provide an update to my aid until after 2nd look but will do so before the April 30th deadline, then had me email them my other offer letters for proof.
 
pbnj1448 said:
I had the same situation and emailed my other offers (full ride + full tuition) to the financial aid office as well as an explanation of current family financial situations and got an email from them the next day. They said they won’t be able to provide an update to my aid until after 2nd look but will do so before the April 30th deadline, then had me email them my other offer letters for proof.
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Ok that makes sense why I haven’t heard back yet. So stressful that they wont give us a response until after second look that’s like a week to renegotiate everything afterwards agh.
 
Does anyone know if they have limits on the aid they can provide (i.e., do they ever offer money for housing)? Looking at their website I can't seem to find an answer. I was awarded full tuition but got full cost of attendance offers from other schools, but after appealing there was no change in my aid package.
 
mikeike126 said:
Does anyone know if they have limits on the aid they can provide (i.e., do they ever offer money for housing)? Looking at their website I can't seem to find an answer. I was awarded full tuition but got full cost of attendance offers from other schools, but after appealing there was no change in my aid package.
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@I_like_Floors we need your help sir
 
mikeike126 said:
Does anyone know if they have limits on the aid they can provide (i.e., do they ever offer money for housing)? Looking at their website I can't seem to find an answer. I was awarded full tuition but got full cost of attendance offers from other schools, but after appealing there was no change in my aid package.
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They can provide full COA though it is rare. They just rejected my request for a stipend 🤧. I am sensing that they likely not only want u to have large need but also COA offers from other places to match (just my opinion)
 
I_like_Floors said:
They can provide full COA though it is rare. They just rejected my request for a stipend 🤧. I am sensing that they likely not only want u to have large need but also COA offers from other places to match (just my opinion)
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Though it is strange they didn't match for you. I didn't have any other COA offers just full tuition. Maybe they r low on scholarship funds?
 
pbnj1448 said:
Just got rejected for my inquiry for increased aid. I had 75% tuition and tried to get them to match my full-ride offer. Will probably be withdrawing!
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Why r they so stingy now, I thought they were known to be generous 🤧🤧
 
I had a full tuition scholarship and they denied my request for a stipend, even though I had a COA and stipend offer elsewhere! I don't know how they decide but I will be withdrawing. I love Pritzker but I gotta put me first lol
 
sugar_n_splice said:
I had a full tuition scholarship and they denied my request for a stipend, even though I had a COA and stipend offer elsewhere! I don't know how they decide but I will be withdrawing. I love Pritzker but I gotta put me first lol
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Why are they so stingy this year 🤧🤧🤧
 
sugar_n_splice said:
I know right! I was hoping for a little something 😢 Pritzker will always have my heart though, they have such a wonderful ethos and community. Happy for anyone who ends up there ❤️ Are you set on UChi?
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I am leaning uchi. I was hoping for a stipend to seal the deal and if FSM doesn't match then UChi all the way. What r u considering now?
 
Has everyone who requested a reconsideration heard back yet? Worried that they overlooked mine, and wondering if I should send a follow-up. Thanks!
 
is the waitlist expected to move after 5/3 (the deadline for our response to remain on the waitlist/ withdraw)?
 
pablo213 said:
no clue, but apparently their group chat is near max so... 🙁
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damn 🙁 do you happen to know if people have begun to left it/ been booted already? I think last year's thread mentioned there was like a mass exodus within the gc before waitlist movement began.
 
weaselkindly said:
damn 🙁 do you happen to know if people have begun to left it/ been booted already? I think last year's thread mentioned there was like a mass exodus within the gc before waitlist movement began.
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People were leaving in droves yesterday and there are currently at least 4 current students so the actual amount is around 84 or 85. Don't forget that some people are still on waitlists. so I would say only 75 to 80 students are committed.
 
if waitlist movement started yesterday does this mean the gc is full again (not considering the 5ish that are current students)?
 
Update for transparency since there is not much info on this. I got off the waitlist for Kaiser Permanente and they gave me full tuition and COA. I brought this to uchicago and they gave me a $10,000 per year stipend on top of tuition. They rejected my negotiations twice before when I only had full tuition offers to counter.
 
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