Fafsa spreadsheet
I generated a fafsa spreadsheet for 2015 2016 year. If anybody wants a copy, send me a personal message. It is really useful to see how assets and income affect efc. It only works if you have less than...
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Hi, I would love to attend the University of Kansas. I live in Tennessee and have a question about the nonresident scholarships. Does anyone know if they weight your GPA for the automatic scholarships?...
View ArticleIs taking out 30K student loan debt for 3 years worth it?
I'm going to Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for another 3 years and every year I have to take out $9,678 worth of loans every year. My major is engineering and I have already taken many of my...
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Here's the deal. I'm two years into college and I'm not stopping now. I have three years left to go, and with any luck, I'll be making $60,000-$70,000 on my way out. But, I'm taking out private loans...
View ArticleAm I good enough for a full tuition scholarship?
Here are all the numbers: Unweighted GPA: 3.8 ACT: 33 ACT Writing: 19 AP Classes: 4 (I took AP Spanish Lang, AP Spanish Lit, and this year I will take AP calculus and AP chemistry) As far as...
View ArticleAccidentally Did Wrong Fasfa
Ok so this is going to sound dumb, but I think I did a 2016-2017 Fasfa because apparently the 2017-2018 one won't be available until October 1st right? I'll be a senior in high school in a couple weeks...
View ArticleMisleading Financial Aid Letters
MODERATOR'S NOTE: This journalist, @PleaseTalkToMe, has permission to solicit stories from CC users. Her post was deleted earlier, so I am copying and pasting it here. "Did your financial aid letter...
View ArticleTrying to get a Financial Aid appeal due to an injury.
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View ArticleStudent loan questions, newbie here.
Hello and please be gentle. We are family of 3-mom, dad and one daughter. Income about 70,000. EFC is around 10,000. Why do they not figure out EFC with your income minus taxes,insurance, etc? I think...
View ArticleScholarships for Middle Class People
Hello, so my family is pretty middle class in terms of income (125K) but has very few assets or other money saved up for college. Are there any big scholarships I can apply for given my family's...
View ArticleIRS Data Retrieval Tool
I'm doing my 2016-2017 FAFSA and trying to use the IRS data retrieval tool so I could transfer my tax return from the IRS website and directly onto the FAFSA website; however, it keeps coming out as...
View ArticleLoan overage
I'm sure this has been asked before but I couldn't find specific posts about it using the search function. We applied for a Parent Plus loan and received an overage each semester above the cost of...
View ArticleUniversity of Rochester scholarship chances??
From what I've found online, U Rochester has Merit Scholarships from 2k to full tuition. I would need a scholarship to be closer to full tuition to consider going there. My info: White Male of...
View ArticleAre there any direct to consumer loans still out there?(don't need school...
I have some costs that I need to take care of in order to attend college that my school will not approve for me under my COA. If I don't get these private costs taken care of I cannot attend college....
View ArticleDo I stand a chance?
Do i stand a chance of getting a full scholarship with an SAT score of 1200/1600? If yes,then which schools do I apply to?
View ArticleResidency in a UC
Hello, I would like to know if I am eligible for in state tuition in UC schools. I am currently living in France and am in High School there. I will graduate in France and wish to go to a UC school...
View ArticleExhausted All Funds For The Pell Grant And Looking For Other Options. Please...
I have received a Bachelors of Art in Health and Human Services with a Minor in Social and Criminal Justice. It is hard trying to get a job in that field so I wanted to take a LPN/LVN course since my...
View ArticleFAFSA EFC vs Pell Grant.
How is Pell Grant calculated based on FAFSA EFC? Is it according to this table? http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GEN1601Attach.pdf Can a university ignore the FASFA EFC from the SAR(Student...
View ArticleWhich are better choices?
I am an international applying for Physics major . I got 3.675 GPA (excluding General Paper) .ACT composite score of 29. Scholarships are big deal for me.Which two of followings would worth trying ?...
View ArticleSo I got approved for a Pell grant and school starts next week(situation)
So my pell was almost $5816 with half per semester. However, because I only signed on part time, I will only get half of that. Is this actually true? So I paid less than $300 for books which should be...
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