George Washington University (2023-2024)

[real wagon]

im confused

[nova berry]

based on financial circumstances

[tacit finch]

^^

[fallen summit]

I'm going to cry

[real wagon]

86k a year?

[silver latch]

did they put the total tuition in the email

or just the aid

[fallen summit]

In my experience it's the opposite lol

[real wagon]

are you getting paid to go?

[gritty shuttle]

i thought private gave more bc of alumn system

[tacit finch]

I've gotten around that much from all the schools that meet 100% demonstrated need

[nova berry]

like I’m particularly well off and I got 2750 per term not counting the presidential scholarship money I got lol

which makes sense

so my total financial aid is 22.5K/yr

[nova berry]

Most privates nowadays r pretty generous & reasonable w aid i find

like if you fall within X income then you get 100% need met

for example $150K means there’s 0 EFC for Columbia and now Dartmouth

[formal scarab]

Wait the financial aid is per year right?!!

OR NAH

[nova berry]

yes yes

[fallen summit]

Does this include merit aid?

I'm assuming

[jaunty walrus]

guys i'm not going to be in debt!

[tacit finch]

yes

[nova berry]

LOL

not being in debt is a good thing

[real wagon]

im actually surprised

[formal scarab]

Ok what

[nova berry]

but now I jus gotta wait for the 9 schools remaining and compare the quality of education proportional to the money I have to pay to each school LOL

[jaunty walrus]

exactly my plan

[silver latch]

did the email say how much tuition was

[faint lake]

Need to appeal financial aid, seems like since they’re generous with aid they might give a lot on an appeal 🙏

[nova berry]

Wait I have a question for yall

so it’s $17K for 5 years per presidential

what’s the $17K for the fifth year lol

is that money that can be used for two additional semesters or something

[cunning breach]

Alright this not bad I actually got options now

[silver latch]

their website says 89k for on campus?

accurate or?

[formal scarab]

I have the exact same questions

[nova berry]

o great gwu ‘27s please heed yiyi & I’s calls

LMFAOOO

[real wagon]

damn

[fallen summit]

Why didn't I just ED somewhere istg

[nova berry]

Jesus

[fallen summit]

I just want to know where I'm going 😭

[real wagon]

gwu sends u all this aid just for all of it to be nearly 100k a year 💀

[fallen summit]

What if I just committed to American and withdrew all of my other apps guys 😭

I won'tttt

But I hate not knowing

[silver latch]

yeahhh

privates cost a lot more 😭

[real wagon]

i would be paying around 4k out of pocket

[nova berry]

oof

[mellow narwhal]

Somehow got waitlisted at the GW

[full gorge]

welcome to the club

[mellow narwhal]

Thanks. I'll be denying my placement on the waitlist tho.

[half phoenix]

bro i dont see my aid

[full gorge]

Every single school megathread I’ve followed in this discord I’ve been waitlisted, I think I’m cursed

[half phoenix]

is this rolling

[mellow narwhal]

I'm so cooked for the remainder of my decisions tho

[real wagon]

gmail?

[somber basin]

same

[half phoenix]

?

[fallen summit]

@half phoenix It's ok I won't get mine for at least 2 weeks ❤️

[half phoenix]

my non custodial wasnt processed LMAO

[fallen summit]

NOOO

Fuck CSS istg

[tiny folio]

ok so my friend has this issue too

[fallen summit]

Everyone is like "wahhh FAFSA this" "wahhh FAFSA that" ok sure it's delayed as fuck but at least it doesn't take 2000000 years to fill out

I think that combined I have quite literally spent 20+ hours on CSS

[half phoenix]

bro why cant they just use my css

only

[fallen summit]

NO SERIOUSLY

[half phoenix]

they're literally asking me for proof that my parents are separated

wtf

[fallen summit]

Yepppp

I've gone through this so many times now

It's not even funny

I have all the shit ready once I get my mom's signature

[half phoenix]

💀

[half phoenix]

macalester didnt ask me for my noncustodial they literally just asked for css+2 tax forms

[fallen summit]

I KNOW

[half phoenix]

EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD DO THIS

[fallen summit]

I had to do it for Reed and American already

But I guess I just forgot for GW!!

Plus they never sent me ANYTHING

Saying "Hey btw maybe do this"

[half phoenix]

I KNOW I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THEIR FINANCIAL AID PORTAL EXISTED TILL YESTERDAY

[fallen summit]

My other school were on me about that which like good for them

[half phoenix]

THEY DONT EVEN BOTHER TO CORRESPOND

[fallen summit]

YEAH SAME

[half phoenix]

same with northwestern

[fallen summit]

SO I THOUGHT I HAD SENT THE WAIVER ALREADY

BECAUSE THEY WERENT SENDING ME ANYTHING

[formal scarab]

Guys off topic but I heard that if you’re getting a STEM degree GWU is NOT the place 😭
I applied cause location and good places for political internships (As a stats major I wanna use statistics to further legislation on like AI art and Environmental policies) but the STEM programs are apparently mid?!! 😭😭😭

[fallen summit]

AND I COULDNT SEE A FINAID CHECKLIST ANYWHERE

[formal scarab]

Anybody in this thread who is a currently matriculated student?! Help??

[half phoenix]

stats double major with polisci (is that what you want?) is solid at gwu

[hybrid trench]

I hate the whole process for this

[fallen summit]

GW STEM probably isn't terrible but it definitely isn't what they're known for

[half phoenix]

bro i can't believe i got into SMPA

[formal scarab]

Fr I think they’re known for their good public health and political communications

[fallen summit]

Idk what this is tbh

[half phoenix]

anything related to political science and international affairs

[fallen summit]

Is that the policomms school

[half phoenix]

yeah the communications school

[formal scarab]

I’m deffo majoring in stats and the minor is either gonna be bio, philosophy, or poli sci (any of these three will help with making environmental and social change and impact on communities I care for)

I’m undecided

[half phoenix]

if you want to work on the hill gwu is amazing for this

[fallen summit]

Already have a plan for grad if I do it at GW 💀

[half phoenix]

are you interested in going to gw

[fallen summit]

What if I just committed to AU guys and said fuck it

Ughhhhhhh

I can't though

[formal scarab]

Yep their whole philosophy on like activism and social change really resonated with me, I’m just more interested in stats as like a field of study cause it’s so applicable to social change if that makes sense

[fallen summit]

Lowkey I hope that when I tour AU and GW on April 6th the difference is night and day so I don't have trouble making a decision

I can't wait to be committed

Because right now the stress of not knowing is detracting from my ability to do high school

[formal scarab]

A2C goated as usual

[hasty dome]

NOO

i think i nevee got my fin aid package for a week or smth thinking ab it cuz there was a delay for mine

[somber basin]

yay i got the president's academic scholarship

[hasty dome]

YAY

[hasty dome]

r u going for gw admitted day

[hasty dome]

gw is the BEST place for activism

[formal scarab]

That’s the impression I got from their website and stuff but Source? 😂

[fallen summit]

Not admitted day but I’m touring

I can’t do admitted

[fallen summit]

The amount of times I've had to send pretty much this exact email

[hasty dome]

😭

i had something similar

i need to go back and check

yehq i had to spam call fin aid office and i got in touch w a special counselor who helped me w the process

accepted 15th didnt get official email until 22nd

i got my aid initially over the phone and then by email

phone may be quicker

@fallen summit

[fallen summit]

I’ll call in 2 weeks if I don’t have it still

But I just now submitted my NCP waiver so

[icy horizon]

Looked through my aid package and only got a 45k scholarship and 5.5k in loans

Excluding the loan, I would still need to give 44k

[hasty dome]

kk

[hasty dome]

no need based grant?

[icy horizon]

Nope

I would have to pay 44k per year if I end up going

At that point, I might as well go to Purdue

Which has a better engineering program and costs less

But gw would allow me to stay in the northeast

And I do like dc

So those are 2 pros

[formal scarab]

AM SCARED NOW

Ya’ll I am seriously considering this school but I’m afraid the rich kid party school image might be true 😭

[dim idol]

Every expensive private school is gonna have their rich kids, especially in HCOL area. The truth of the matter is unless you’re dirt poor and getting basically a full ride, or are full pay , these 80-100K private schools are unaffordable

kills off the middle class kids there

[formal scarab]

Yeah those rich kids prolly paid for my scholarship 💀

I like the political/activism culture but if it’s just a bunch of spoiled rich kids, do they really understand the nuances of politics from a diverse viewpoint? 😭

[hasty dome]

every school gonna have that

[hasty dome]

i mean the school is v liberal and progressive so

[fallen summit]

Late but also if you're talking D.C. schools it's way worse at GTown 💀

[somber basin]

Pros/cons of GW?? Reddit post from 2 years ago might not be the same so I j wanted an update:]

[somber basin]

heard pre-med is somewhat good + its in dc so its very easy to find internships and job opportunities

[arctic valley]

Apparently they release aid in batches?

I made a call and they said that they release it in batches

[hasty dome]

if u call fin aid tey can give ur offer over the phone

i did that for ed

they gave it to me 3 days before i got the official aid letter

[arctic valley]

i did they said its in batches

they didnt give it to me on the phone

[fallen summit]

Allegedly GW need-based this year is rough

[arctic valley]

if its terrible then I probably will have to commit elsewhere

[icy horizon]

I got no need based aid

[hasty dome]

oof

[arctic valley]

gw fin aid will be the death of me

Apparantly the notifs thing on my portal said i got my estimate but I never recieved it

so back to calling fin aid

[arctic valley]

idk if youre still active but i made another phone call and they said the fin aid estimate will be in 2 weeks

[fallen summit]

🙃

[fallen summit]

Got mine just now

[arctic valley]

is it good?

[fallen summit]

Better than I thought definitely

Now for it and American I guess it comes down to how my tours go this weekend

Because it's only $2.5k more than American now

Hmmm nope that's a lie actually

Hold on

Ok so $3,002 more

Still better than I expected

[arctic valley]

yea idk why people were saying the aid is bad

its pretty good for me

[fallen summit]

For a lot of people it was apparently

[arctic valley]

BTW this doesn’t include Fafsa grants

[fallen summit]

I know

I'm not getting any FAFSA grants LOL

[arctic valley]

are you still leaning more towards american?

[fallen summit]

I would say yes but it's closer now

I really thought GW was bound to be >$40k

I like the idea of a real campus more and not being quite so close to everything

But AU GenEds are rough

So there's pros and cons

We will see

[tacit finch]

Is it less strict at GW?

[fallen summit]

Much less

AU doesn't let you apply AP/IB credit to GenEds

GW does

And I have a lot of AP/IB credit

[tacit finch]

That’s unfortunate

[arctic valley]

it doesnt seem that terrible at gwu from what im reading rn

are you ccas for gw?

[tacit finch]

yes

[arctic valley]

its kind of vague but im pretty sure id complete most of these reqs for my major anyways

[tacit finch]

i have a lot of credits through dual enrollment as well so its probably going to be even more relaxed for me

[arctic valley]

yea same and gw pretty much takes all dual enrollment credits from what they say on their website

[coarse hollow]

did u see it through GWeb?

[fallen summit]

Well usually you can't overlap general education with major requirements...

Unless it specifically states that you can

[fallen summit]

They sent me an email and then I saw it through my GWeb as well

[arctic valley]

oh shit

fuck I'm gonna be spending like 2 years on gen ed and major pre requesites

[fallen summit]

You typically have to take GenEds in addition to the requirements for your major(s)/minor(s)

[coarse hollow]

They gave me a horrible FA offer and then the IB scholarship when i got my admission letter but idk if they are resending FA awards after fafsa is delivered

[fallen summit]

They should finalize after FAFSA but it likely won't change much

I believe it only changes if something in your FAFSA is significantly different from the info in your CSS

[arctic valley]

from what I can tell its just slightly higher for me because FAFSA has a pell gran that isnt included

[arctic valley]

i think you can sometimes at gwu

[hasty dome]

yea ccas isnt too hard

[hasty dome]

u can

my polisci prereqs worked for gpac

the only thing u might have a hard time is with elliot

because some of their courses might not double count with another major or concentration

so its a bit complicated for elliott

[arctic valley]

Oh then I can take way less courses than I expected

[hasty dome]

yes

corm got in like

60 creds or wtv

if u bring that much

u def have room to double major

and minor even

but it depends

if he just did polisci hed prob be graduating like this sem or next yr lmao

[arctic valley]

maybe not 60 but Im probably gonna have like 3-4 courses

[hasty dome]

ic

so prob like

12 creds

[arctic valley]

yea

[fallen summit]

Withdrew 🫡 goodbye channel, best of luck to anyone on the waitlist

[hasty dome]

NOO

[full gorge]

Damn all in on American, 🫡

[hasty dome]

hes only going there because of the twinks

[full gorge]

Surely he’s going there because of the cornerstone program and not that!

[arctic valley]

its okay gwu has better ones

[hasty dome]

REAL

[icy horizon]

Just received my acceptance letter in the mail

They gave a sheet of stickers

[hasty dome]

W

[icy horizon]

I didn't accept my admission into gw. Hopefully someone who is on the waitlist gets my spot

And maybe my scholarship

[full gorge]

waitlied students aren't eligible for merit just need based 💔

[icy horizon]

Ah. That's unfortunate

[full gorge]

Ay off the waitlist but I don’t have my aid offer yet

[tacit finch]

Congrats!

[full gorge]

ty anyone know how long it takes for me to recieve my aid offer?

[icy horizon]

They sent it within an hour of me being accepted

Not sure if it's different for waitlist people

[full gorge]

Something that's weird on gweb it says that the unsatisfied requirements are a copy of my W2 and my prior year's tax returns (i've never filed taxes) so that's kinda whack