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Hi guys, I'm applying this year to transfer (and to begin in fall2017 at a respectable institution). I'm 22 - 23 on Feb 19th, and I'm hoping to only have 2-2.5 years left for my undergraduate. I'm...
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Hi so I'm doing the 2017-2018 Fafsa which they moved to October 1st. They're currently letting us use our 2015 tax returns in order to estimate, therefor I have to use the data retrieval tool. I have...
View ArticleCollege Confidential Approved Media Query
I am a journalist working on a story for a national women’s magazine, and I am interested in interviewing women for a series of articles on student debt. (College Confidential Senior Advisor Sally...
View ArticleReal Estate through LLC
HS senior here. I just submitted my FAFSA and am working on my CSS profile. My parents own another house through an LLC they share. Very recently they began renting out the property, previously it was...
View ArticleDoes an ROTC scholarship combine with institutional aid?
So, I've posted on the finical aid section before. Basically, my parents aren't willing to pay anything for college, they make a little less than 200k a year, and there will be four kids (including me)...
View ArticleGrandmother - Household Size Question
I'm a single mom with 1 daughter, and my mom lives with us and my mom is also claimed as a dependent on my taxes. No income only receives SS. So I'm confused as to what to put down for household size...
View ArticleFafsa 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...
View ArticleListing assets or no? (Fafsa)
Fafsa has the option of not listing your assets. I completed the application already and skipped the assets question because my family doesn't have any. We don't own a house or anything like that, we...
View ArticleCSS registration - urgent
International student here. My parents own a bit of land and a building on it that we offer to people to rent. They use it for business purposes. I own 25% of that land. Do I answer "Yes" to the...
View ArticleShould I withdraw and lose my scholarships or have a bad GPA and lose my...
So here's my story: I'm a first time student who skipped out of 40 or so credits through AP. I got to college, but my AP credits didn't prepare me for all of the upper level coursework I'm taking. Lo...
View ArticleWill I still qualify for instate tuition rates???
(Sorry if this was posted in the wrong spot.) Im a highschool senior in New York and due to an unfortunate family situation i will most likely have to graduate from a florida highschool. I have been a...
View ArticleDo pass/fail grades matter on National Merit Application?
My son was homeschooled for one semester of high school, and the school's policy is to not accept grades from homeschooled students. Each class he earned a credit for during that time was a "pass" on...
View ArticleWho do I contact for HELP?
Please somebody give me sum advice!!! I have had nothing but problems with financial aid at college I was attending. July 22, 2016 I did exit counseling Aug. 29 the next semester started. It now has...
View ArticleCSS PROFILE - NCP- When will support end question (NP 130 and 150)?
I am unclear how to fill these out. Our court order reads as follows Support shall be paid until the child (ren) reached the age of 18 except as otherwise provided in x.xx x.xx reads The parents shall...
View Articlewould my financial aid be taken away?
So im attending cal state la and i can't accept my financial aid and i went to ask why and they said i need my parents irs tax return transcripts. but irs won't send it to my parents. So im worried if...
View ArticleFinancial Aid Safety Schools
I'll start of by saying that I don't need financial aid. I'm just looking for a couple of colleges to apply to that can be used as a safety. I don't expect these colleges to be great but I don't want...
View ArticleNeed Guidance: Divorced parents and FAFSA
I'm divorced and remarried, my ex-husband is not remarried, we have joint custody in the state of NJ. We have twins entering college fall of 2017 and when we posed this question to an official from a...
View ArticleNeed Based Financial Aid for International Students
How does need-based financial aid work in NESCAC schools? Do they really give you the right amount depending on how much your parents make?
View ArticleFAFSA help?
So my parents sold our house back in California (we live overseas; my dad works for the US government in Korea), so our 2015 tax return has an irregularly large adjusted gross income value (around 30k...
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