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What kind of financial aid did you all get? Was it mostly loans, or was it grants? What sort of work-study did you get?

I am a bit concerned about how Stanford seems to mostly give loans. In 2 years, my younger sibling will be going to college, so my EFC should be close to half of what it is now. However, if all that aid is in loans, that won't do me a lot of good.

By Amylase (Amylase) on Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 01:23 am: Edit

i got nothing, will be paying tuition in full.

btw, are you Incognito?

By Anonymous2002 (Anonymous2002) on Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 01:42 am: Edit

No, I'm just not very creative when it comes to names.

By Trojan1444 (Trojan1444) on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 03:19 am: Edit

i got $2700 a year in un-subsidized loans. So basically nothing.

By Kyan (Kyan) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:25 am: Edit

Im paing $3015. So basically around $44,000. International student, good EC's, got lucky.

By Trojan1444 (Trojan1444) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:37 am: Edit

wow, international and u got $44k? That's nuts, usually internationals dont get anything

By Researching (Researching) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 04:52 am: Edit

44k! thats awesome for an international..those 'good' ECs must be awesome.

By Tonguelash (Tonguelash) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 11:22 am: Edit

44? amazing. the budget is 42,760 so what is the extra 1240 for?

By Deferreddude (Deferreddude) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 03:04 pm: Edit

Probably transportation since he is international. Stanford pays for 2 trips home per year.

My aid package was not what I was hoping. $12,000 in Stanford Scholarships and 4,000 in Federal Perkins Loan. They also made some kind of academic expectation earnings calculation in the amount of 2000. Basically, that means I'm supposed to come up with 2000 dollars myself. My parents have to pay 20,000 a year for Stanford, which comes down to 80,000 for 4 years!!!! YIKES!

By Amnestykid (Amnestykid) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 11:11 pm: Edit

yeah deferreddude is probably right. mine came out similar to kyan's. i'm a us citizen but i live abroad and so transport plays a role in the amount given as well. although i believe stanford only provides for one trip home per year for internationals (and i fall in that category as well).

By Anonymous1989 (Anonymous1989) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 12:31 am: Edit

wonder if arnold being governor has anything to do with the lower aid packages at stanford lol

By Tonguelash (Tonguelash) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 02:39 am: Edit

amnestykid and deffereddude please(if you don't mind) could you tell me what your Stanford budget comes to as I am an american citizen living in India and mine is 42,760 though u guys are saying its more. I really hope you can reply asap as i need to take this up with Stanford else i might not be able to travel ack to India once a year.

P.S. Are these finalized awards cuz mine is still tentative

By Smac86 (Smac86) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 02:43 am: Edit

Hey Tonguelash-- I'm American citizen living in India... The budget was something like 45,xxxx -- they included $3051 as travelling expenses. Hope this helps. We should get in touch.

By Tonguelash (Tonguelash) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 03:08 am: Edit

hey was that a finalized award.Thanks alot for your help. Do you have msn, thats the best way to get in touch.

By Amnestykid (Amnestykid) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 06:20 am: Edit

heya tonguelash,
my budget (total expenses) came out to $44,245. if you guys ever find yourself on MSN add me, i'm up for chat when i'm free (just look for the 'busy' sign to disappear ) my traveling was as $1,485. wow smac, over double that of mine, india can't be that far off lol.

dcowboysrule86@hotmail.com

By Deferreddude (Deferreddude) on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 10:53 pm: Edit

sorry for the late reply
my budget was 43,024 total and my traveling was 283 dollars(I live in San Francisco)

By Tonguelash (Tonguelash) on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - 12:05 am: Edit

Thank alot everybody. I have emailed Stanford.Lets see what they say.

By Kyan (Kyan) on Sunday, April 25, 2004 - 06:08 am: Edit

sorry...havent checked this thread in a while

"44? amazing. the budget is 42,760 so what is the extra 1240 for?"

ANTICIPATED EXPENSES
Tuition $29,847
Room and Board 9,503
Books and Supplies 1,215
Personal/Misc 3,858
Transportation 3,015
Orientation Fee 380
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Total Expenses $47,818

Total Resources $ 3,015

Financial Need $44,803

Financial Aid Award

Stanford Fund $ 9,000
Uni. General Scholarship $33,203
Acad Year Earning Expectation $ 2,600
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Total Financial Aid Award $44,803


"44k! thats awesome for an international..those 'good' ECs must be awesome."

They are pretty good. My scores aren't great though, just well above average.

"wow, international and u got $44k? That's nuts, usually internationals dont get anything"

Yeah, it was a great letter to recieve.

I would really like to get in touch with people going to Stanford. Add me on MSN - kyan_p@hotmail.com

By Jellybean24 (Jellybean24) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 07:26 pm: Edit

I realize this is an old post, but I was wondering what kind of income everyone had. My parents combined income last year was $79k. What kind of aid should I expect if by some miracle I got in? (Also note that we own most of our home - about $200k and have about $25k in stocks).