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My 15 year old niece's father just passed away and left her 67,000$ of which she has for college. My question. Does anyone know who's name the money should go in to still allow her to get financial...
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I know that I'm among the 50,000 students that qualified to enter into the National Merit Scholarship since my school announced that in June. Does anyone know what the cutoff is for semifinalists in...
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My step-father is currently in the last stages of a workers compensation lawsuit with his former employer and they are finalizing the offers. At this point, he is to receive about 80k via monthly...
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Hello everyone, So I'm a new transfer student at a 4-year CSU and I noticed my disbursement is off by about $4278. I have qualified for a pell grant and the state university grant in the total amount...
View ArticleFAFSA: Apply Early or Wait?
So, as you may know, FAFSA is opening earlier this year (october 1st). Although this may come with many advantages, I'm not sure about what the best decision is in my case. A few months ago, my dad had...
View ArticleSubmitted FAFSA too early
Help? I accidentally filled out and submitted my fafsa information while trying to get a head start so once October 1st came I could just submit. But I think I submitted it for 2016-2017 and I don't...
View ArticleCollege Grads Buried in Student Loan Debt, but Unwilling to Give Up Luxuries
"A new survey reveals that many grads don’t know their total student loan balance and more than a third don’t know what they pay in interest." …...
View ArticleExpensive dream school vs cheap state school
So basically the two options for college right now for me is pace university and penn state. (Btw ik its late but i already put tuition down for psu and pace said i can hand it in whenever). Anyways,...
View ArticleFilling out my SAP Appeal, silly questions?
Here's the situation: This time last year I was sexually assaulted toward the end of the semester (November). I was so devastated I couldn't even finish the semester. The Dean helped me withdraw from...
View ArticleAnyone with REAL OOS aid/merit experience with Iowa State University?
(Please don't move this to the Iowa State forum for several reasons) A low-modest income OOS student (with stats that aren't merit-worthy) contacted me and I saw that he has Iowa State on his list. He...
View ArticleTimelines for National Merit Scholarships
Can anybody clarify how the scholarships given by Universities to NMF work? For example colleges require you to put them as a first choice in NMF application, but their merit aid is not clearly...
View ArticleHelp I signed up for FAFSA too early
I signed up for the 2016-2017 i put all my information in to just get through with it. i find out i have to apply October 1 now i don't know what to do. Will it affect me? will i be able to sign up...
View Articlefinacial aid
so it says on my financial aid status website "Based on your academic transcript, the status of your academic progress is Uncalculated SAP as of Fall" and I'm a freshman and I'm curious has anybody...
View ArticleCal Grant B Transfer Entitlement (but I am not a transfer student) - Please Help
Hello. Hopefully someone out there can help me. I recently transferred from a community college to a university and qualified for the Cal Grant B Transfer Entitlement (E2) for the 2016-2017 school...
View ArticleFinancial aid with parents going through divorce
Hello, so my parents have been divorced since 2004, but my dad got remarried about 7 years ago. He and his wife just got divorced recently and it will be finalized in mid-November.....right after I...
View ArticleUniversity of Utah OOS Aid
Hi, I'm a senior considering applying to the University of Utah and I was wondering if they grant any need-based financial aid or any merit aid for out-of-state students.
View ArticleRaise.me - one parent's report on how it works and whether it's worth it
Raise.me is a website where students are awarded microscholarships for incremental achievements such as getting a good grade in a class or participating in an EC or sport. I thought I'd kick the tires...
View ArticleFA forms deadline changes?
Has anyone seen any material changes to school financial form filing deadlines as a result of FAFSA/PROFILE changes this year? Meaning dates... Are early action/early decision schools asking for...
View ArticleMerit aid at southern LACs
My daughter would really like to attend a small to mid-sized LAC and would prefer to remain in the south because she hates the cold. We won't qualify for FA, but would have a very hard time paying for...
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