December 17, 2008 Special note to our undergraduate students and families from Kim Downs, Senior Director of Student Financial Services
I encourage you to contact the Office of Student Financial Services if there have been significant changes in your family's income or if there has been a change in employment status for a family member. You should contact the Student Financial Services office at (802) 443-5158, or by e-mail at:
studentfinancialservices@middlebury.edu
. We will discuss your situation with you to determine whether an increase in your financial aid for the spring term might be possible given the changes in your family's finances.
For those students and parents who have not previously applied for financial aid, and who believe that they might now be eligible for support, you should refer to our website:
We will accept new spring term 2009 applications until February 1st, 2009.
Concerned about cost? So are we, and we are committed to making Middlebury College affordable for all students we admit, regardless of the resources of their families. What you need to know:
» Our "need-blind" admissions policy ensures that your application to Middlebury will not be affected by your application for financial aid. In the case of international students and transfer students, Middlebury follows a need-blind admissions policy to the extent that financial resources allow.
» Middlebury will offer an aid package that meets 100 percent of your calculated financial need. If your family's financial situation does not change, we are committed to providing you a similar package each year that you attend Middlebury.
» All aid at Middlebury is based on financial need as determined by the Office of Student Financial Services.
» Last year Middlebury provided grant aid to more than 43 percent of the student body. For the incoming Class of 2011, the average grant amount was more than $30,000.
» Student loans that are part of the financial aid package are offered at graduated levels, depending on family income:
| - family income < $50,000: |
$1,000 per year |
| - family income $50,000 to $80,000: |
$2,000 per year |
| - family income > $80,000: |
$3,000 per year |