Yet another scholarship/tax question
I have read through some of the other threads and could use some clarification: my son has taxable scholarships worth about $11,000 (amount over and above billed tuition). Is this considered earned...
View ArticleFAFSA, Divorce, Tax Return = Financial Aid Availability?
To keep this brief, I'll be applying to colleges this summer and want to know if the following is possible... My parents are divorced. My dad is in California, currently retired, earning a 31K ANNUAL...
View ArticleUTC Scholarship Rescinded???
Hello, I am a senior at a high school in Tennessee, and have been accepted into UTC. A couple of weeks ago, I logged into my UTC account and discovered that I was offered a scholarship along with the...
View ArticleHow to Decode a College Financial Aid Award Letter
"… Financial aid award letters can be confusing. One problem is that there are no standard forms or terms that describe the awards. The U.S. Department of Education, though, has developed a Financial...
View ArticleGot student loans? The Education Department wants to change how you pay them...
"Can you name your student loan servicer? If the federal government’s new proposal goes according to plan, you won’t have to. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it wants to...
View ArticleFAFSA and Divorce
I came across a CBS article on Fafsa and Divorce and it had some interesting information that surprised me a little. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-does-divorce-affect-college-financial-aid/ "To...
View Article2017 FAFSA Prior Prior year question
Okay so my parents are divorced and lived in the same state and I lived with my father majority of the time so I used his information for the fafsa requiring 2014 and 2015 information. I attend college...
View ArticleError on Cal Grant Application
I accidentally changed my school of attendance from UCI to SJSU on the FAFSA and the Cal Grant website because I thought I might be going there. Then 2 days later I got an email saying I was...
View ArticleRE: Merit Aid - daughter didn't take the PSAT, what will she be missing out on?
Daughter was ill, didn't take the PSAT. Will she not be eligible for some scholarships? Is it too late for her to take it? She's a HS junior. Thanks.
View ArticleSSN required for TAP?
Hello so I am speaking on behalf of a close friend who's in a weird situation for his financial aid. He's eligilible for TAP but one of his parent's do not have an ssn and TAP requested him to send it....
View ArticleUCR housing aid
Does financial aid cover housing as well? So for UCR - I've been awarded full ride (including w loans and grants) however, does the financial aid cover the housing? Or is that separate, so I'd have to...
View ArticleCoolidge Scholarship
Has anyone applied to this new scholarship which is open to juniors only.
View ArticleWhat are my chances of receiving merit & other advice needed!
Hello everyone! I'm a high school Junior, currently stressing about affording college. Many of the schools I'm looking at are private and therefore carry hefty price tags. Unfortunately for me, my...
View ArticleFrom over $50,000 aid (net calculator) to...$18,000 (reality). Cool.
So. I got a financial aid offer of $18, 200, which consists of 50% loans, with my acceptance. I just redid the calculator and put in the same numbers as the FAFSA etc. It gave me a package of $56,100....
View Article"h" on the SAR
So when I looked back on my FAFSA it had a red "x" on the parent demographic part and also had an "h" next to household size on the SAR and said your household size changed significantly from the...
View ArticleLoans from my financial aid
Okay. So I've been awarded $8,100 in loans - full ride to UCR. However, the COA is yearly; so when I graduate I would have to pay off $8,100 x4? or does the $8.1k count for all four years, so that when...
View ArticleWork-Study question
2 days ago, I checked my student portal for the college I will be attending in the fall and found out that I have been offered $4,000 in work-study. I was surprised by this. My 2 older brothers (one is...
View ArticleDoes Pace University give full ride scholarships?
The information on the website is kind of vague, but does anyone know if Pace University offers full ride or full tuition scholarships?
View ArticleToo late for financial aid/scholarships?
Please don't judge but for certain reasons I didn't apply for financial by submitting the FAFSA in March when it was due. Is there any chance I can be saved? Can I ask my schools for aid or will I have...
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