USC 2010! Forum

[tigrelis]

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[AllBusiness]

Just withdrew, declining a 30K scholarship. Good luck to everyone else!

[musicfor18]

I received an email with a link to my 2010-2011 Financial Aid award last night. When I visited the site, it listed only my scholarship, and no loans. I submitted a FAFSA and all other required documents and my FAFSA lists my estimates family contribution at $700. This must be a mistake, as every other school has qualified me for the max Stafford loans and tentatively for Grad PLUS loans, as well.

Did anyone else get an email like this and see no loans in their package?

[Sauer Grapes]

I received an email with a link to my 2010-2011 Financial Aid award last night. When I visited the site, it listed only my scholarship, and no loans. I submitted a FAFSA and all other required documents and my FAFSA lists my estimates family contribution at $700. This must be a mistake, as every other school has qualified me for the max Stafford loans and tentatively for Grad PLUS loans, as well.

Did anyone else get an email like this and see no loans in their package?

I withdrew last week but still got the email. My had only federal loans, and not my scholarship. I guess mine was the reverse of yours.

[Applicant2010]

I received an email with a link to my 2010-2011 Financial Aid award last night. When I visited the site, it listed only my scholarship, and no loans. I submitted a FAFSA and all other required documents and my FAFSA lists my estimates family contribution at $700. This must be a mistake, as every other school has qualified me for the max Stafford loans and tentatively for Grad PLUS loans, as well.

Did anyone else get an email like this and see no loans in their package?

I had the same issue. I just sent the office an email, and I'll post the results. Seems like a technical error.

[afghan007]

I received an email with a link to my 2010-2011 Financial Aid award last night. When I visited the site, it listed only my scholarship, and no loans. I submitted a FAFSA and all other required documents and my FAFSA lists my estimates family contribution at $700. This must be a mistake, as every other school has qualified me for the max Stafford loans and tentatively for Grad PLUS loans, as well.

Did anyone else get an email like this and see no loans in their package?

Mine lists scholarship and subsidized/unsubsidized stafford loans... but has my EFC at $31,000, which is much higher than what I've received from other schools

[foxyeconomist]

My EFC was $50k! Considering I made $0 last year and my parents made almost $50k, so I'm not sure where they think the money is coming from. Oh well.

[finalaspects]

My EFC was $50k! Considering I made $0 last year and my parents made almost $50k, so I'm not sure where they think the money is coming from. Oh well.

that is very strange... some kind of huge assets? real estate, bank accounts, stocks?

[ExcitedBlutterance]

still complete 11/25

[musicfor18]

My EFC was $50k! Considering I made $0 last year and my parents made almost $50k, so I'm not sure where they think the money is coming from. Oh well.

What was your EFC as listed on your SAR?

[foxyeconomist]

My EFC was $50k! Considering I made $0 last year and my parents made almost $50k, so I'm not sure where they think the money is coming from. Oh well.

What was your EFC as listed on your SAR?

$0. My parents do live in San Francisco, so their house is worth quite a bit. They have $1m in investments - that unfortunately is not in a retirement account, but that's what the money is for. I have not received financial assistance from my parents for 6 years - I'm 28. Asking them for $50k annually would be asking them for more than what they earn per year. Actually it would be more since tuition is not tax deductible. So they would have to take money out of their retirement savings instead of contributing to it. Grrr.

[ViP]

still complete 11/25

Complete at 11/23.

[musicfor18]

I just spoke to the director of financial aid (via email), who told I received the award email because they had just entered my scholarship into the system. She said I'd get another one when the full aid package was entered. I assume this is the same for the rest of you!

[gobears09]

still complete 11/25

Complete at 11/23.

This is outrageous.

[bigchris1313]

The Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) numbers may seem high because of the definition the school uses. If you check, the EFC = total cost - (listed loans + listed scholarships). So no matter how much or how little they give you, the EFC is the remainder.

Thanks for "estimating" the EFC based on factors completely exogenous to the family's financial means, financial aid guys!

Note: I also liked how although the school offered me $0 in return for my 167/3.64--not that I necessarily blame them--they listed government loans as an "award." Perhaps from the government--but certainly not from the school! You aren't doing me a favor, guys.

Who do they think they're fooling, exactly?

[NerdmoD]

HOLY CRAP! DF 4/14!

Guess the next round is starting...

[finalaspects]

HOLY CRAP! DF 4/14!

Guess the next round is starting...

guessing with your stats, all 4/14 DFers will be acceptances...

[NerdmoD]

HOLY CRAP! DF 4/14!

Guess the next round is starting...

guessing with your stats, all 4/14 DFers will be acceptances...

Let's hope that's true....

I'm secretly wishing that they held back this round of acceptances so that there was scholarship money back in the pile...I really want to go there, but man is it expensive.

[NerdmoD]

Anyone else on a DF-4/14er?

[meddlingkid]

Well, you gave me a heart attack, but I'm still in review 1/22.

[NerdmoD]

Well, you gave me a heart attack, but I'm still in review 1/22.

Haha, my bad

[xokel87]

Well, you gave me a heart attack, but I'm still in review 1/22.

same 1/29

[imisscollege]

this whole lack of rolling admissions and not giving people who applied in oct decisions by the standard deposit deadline is absolutely ridiculous. eff usc.

[primusux]

Do they post all the DFs at once or does it roll throughout the day?
so hopeful, yet so unrealistic.

[NerdmoD]

Do they post all the DFs at once or does it roll throughout the day?
so hopeful, yet so unrealistic.

I think the last few have been rolling throughout the day

Good luck!