Are there other schools my son should consider if looking for merit money?
My DS is a rising senior. We do not want to/ cannot pay $65,000 per year, and we are looking for merit scholarships. I have looked at the pinned threads which have been very helpful. Stories I've heard...
View ArticleWhy Upperclassmen Lose Financial Aid
This article focuses more on merit scholarships than financial aid but raises a point that bears repeating. Maintaining a high GPA such as 3.8 in a challenging major is more difficult than many high...
View ArticleUCSB FSSP Financial Aid
I want to attend FSSP, but I don't want to have to take out loans for this as well. Does UCSB give out good financial aid for the summer?
View ArticleFresh Start at New Grad School after Failing SAP at Previous Grad School...
Hello everyone, Maybe someone has already posted questions along these lines, but I can’t seem to find them. And what posts I do find on Google seem to give inconsistent answers from folks who seem...
View ArticleTwo in college, second full-ride
Normally when a second child starts college the EFC goes down and the school give more grant money to both. Is this true if the second child had a full-ride? I know it depends on the college, but I...
View ArticleHow do you indicate a first choice college for national merit?
Some schools like Pepperdine and USC require you to indicate they're your first choice when applying in order to get half-tuition from NM. Do you have to report to the college that they are your first...
View ArticleParents paying for UCs?
I heard that the UCs give no financial aid to out of state students and besides that they only let the student take on a certain amount of loans and have the parents pay the rest? If anyone can explain...
View ArticleDo colleges ever give last minute money
If yes- if your 3rd quarter senior grades aren't as high as before, would it hurt your chances
View ArticleFAFSA EFC - 1/3 of income?
I gotta admit that I am flummoxed by the FA process. Now we do okay financially, but live modestly as we are fully funding 401K and are both in our 50's with few deductions to reduce tax liability. My...
View ArticleAppealing Fin Aid with another school's aid.
Hello fellow parents. My D got into a national top 25 school (private) without any aid or scholarship offered. It is her top choice. However, she also got into a top 35 national school (also private)...
View ArticleHispanic Scholarship Fund Application: has it always been this cumbersome?
I'm about to throw my computer out the window filling this thing out. No wonder they had to extend the deadline. I'm still stuck on filling out every course taken in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, and I...
View ArticleLate to the party - playing catch-up on merit aid for a solid, if...
My wife and I (and our older kids) were all undistinguished in high school, so we never seriously considered anything but state schools in our home towns. Our youngest child appeared to be on the same...
View ArticleGoogle CSSI 2016-2017
This is for anyone who is applying to the Generation Google Scholarship and /or CSSI. Why'd you apply? What do you hope to accomplish? :)
View ArticleBard Versus UPS - advice?
Hoping for some wisdom here... although I think I already know the "right answer." S has finally narrowed it down to two first choice schools. School 1, which he prefers, is University of Puget Sound....
View Articlehelp with son's taxes
My son won an essay contest at his school and received 2000$, this was his only income and he got a 1099-misc, without any withholding. How does he file this year? Thanks
View ArticleROTC Scholarships
I am interested in going into ROTC, and I was wondering how ROTC works. Does one first apply to ROTC and put their ROTC scholarship on a college application or does one first apply to college and once...
View ArticleNotre Dame
Does Notre Dame require the CSS Profile and if I completed it recently is it too late to receive financial aid?
View ArticleFinancial aid
My son'll attend college. My husband and I am separated, we live in different states,we filed the joint married tax return in 2015. My son live with me, how can we fill the FA to get financial aid? I...
View ArticleWhat happens if you give forged letters to financial aid?
I have a friend who lied to financial aid office at the college she attends she told him she didn't attend colleges that she did and gave them the falsified letters saying they were from the colleges...
View ArticleCappex College Scholarship
So I saw this Cappex Scholarship opportunity online, I'm wondering if its actually real and not a scam. Any feedback?
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