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#1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:20 pm
by Anonymous User
Can anyone provide any information on the amount, regularity, and requirements of need-based aid from T-6 schools provided to transfers students? I have no money/assets, neither do parents.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:26 pm
by Lockfast
I don't have an answer to your question, but you could always try calling some of the schools to see what their policies are.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:35 pm
by Anonymous User
and miss the opportunity to see TLS'ers argue and flaunt their knowledge of the T-6? Not a chance. Thanks though, I actually do plan to call. Hopefully I can hear some anecdotal evidence that the school may not reveal.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:48 pm
by stillwater
as far as i know, only YHS do need-based aid. but you have a great chance at H given your position (with the usual caveat that you need to hold it together).

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:48 am
by Anonymous User
Thanks stillwater, I plan to do even better. There were issues I left on the table on each exam that stemmed from pre-exam jitters and anxiety. I should be more confident and relaxed next semester.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:50 am
by brotherdarkness
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Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:58 am
by Anonymous User
I was not expecting to be #1. After each exam, I was slightly haunted by the slow realization of things I had missed. I felt sure that in order to be the best, you had to exhaust all possible arguments. You had to have the kind of day where nothing goes wrong. But I was wrong. I guess that's the hidden beauty of the curve. You don't need to be perfect, you just need to do better than the rest.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:19 am
by UndecidedMN
It is EXTREMELY unlikely you will get aid. The reason schools like transfer is because they almost always pay full.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:35 am
by Nightclub_Dwight
UndecidedMN wrote:It is EXTREMELY unlikely you will get aid. The reason schools like transfer is because they almost always pay full.
This is normally true, but HYS offer need-based scholarship to everyone, regardless of whether or not you are a transfer. And they meet all estimated need. But for every other school, you're right.

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:42 am
by Anonymous User
Nightclub_Dwight wrote:
UndecidedMN wrote:It is EXTREMELY unlikely you will get aid. The reason schools like transfer is because they almost always pay full.
This is normally true, but HYS offer need-based scholarship to everyone, regardless of whether or not you are a transfer. And they meet all estimated need. But for every other school, you're right.
WOAH, they meet all estimated need? As in it's possible to obtain a full-tuition need-based scholarship?

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 5:45 pm
by Nightclub_Dwight
At H at least, you can't get full grants- the first 40k or so is loans, the rest of the cost of attendance is grants assuming you're expected contribution is zero.

http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... index.html

Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:00 pm
by Jsa725
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Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:28 pm
by kapital98
Jsa725 wrote:
brotherdarkness wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Thanks stillwater, I plan to do even better. There were issues I left on the table on each exam that stemmed from pre-exam jitters and anxiety. I should be more confident and relaxed next semester.
Better than #1.

Damn son.
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Re: #1 at T20. Chance of need-based aid from T-6?

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:52 pm
by Anonymous User
Thanks for all the thoughtful replies and particularly to the last two posters for providing lulz.