Upenn's financial aid doubt
Hi This is Upenn's financial aid webpage for international students. http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/finaid-checklists/checklists-pro-international.htm It says that the preferred option is sending the CSS...
View ArticleStepparent's Income on FAFSA
I am trying to fill out the FAFSA form for my daughter's college... It is asking for my husband's income (who is the stepparent). I am confused as to why it asks for his income, simply because when...
View ArticleIs this correct, UArizona is no longer awarding full-tuition scholarships to...
I have read numerous references to full tuition scholarships for NMF at UArizona, but for the 2016-2017 award, I only found this reference,"Non-Arizona National Scholars: Arizona Excellence Tuition...
View ArticleStep-Parent and Parent recently married
My daughter is filing out her first ever FAFSA papers; I understand to include both my husband (step-parent) and my own tax information. What I am confused about, is that since we were recently married...
View ArticleCollege Application Strategy for Large Merit Awards
Would love some advice. My daughter is a junior and has a good chance of being a national merit semi-finalist. We will be looking for large merit scholarships in the fall. Please comment on our Plan A,...
View ArticleFAFSA question about last name
Long story, but my last name legally is like this: XXXXXX-XXXX. However, my FAFSA throughout my undergraduate was entered with only the second part of my last name, and was verified and accepted. upon...
View ArticleIf I don't earn all of my FWS money this year, will it affect how much I am...
I was awarded $3000 for Work-Study this year. As I am a freshman, I was worried about diving into the rigor of university studies along with fitting into and adjusting to a new environment. As a...
View ArticleWhy would an application fee waiver be denied?
I recently sent an application fee waiver to ASU and University of Arizona. On college board (big future college search) it was said that both schools accepted fee waivers. However, while UA accepted...
View ArticleGoing to a community college and public 4 year institute at the same time to...
Hey, I am about to get my associates and now am at the problem of having to pay for a 4 year education and even worse, its an out of state college I am considering, online though. My main question is...
View ArticleCouple of Questions for FASFA
So all of last year I've lived with my mom (parents are divorced), but this upcoming weekend I'll be moving in with my dad and staying with him until I graduate/get a job, etc. I'm pretty sure I know...
View ArticleWant to fill FAFSA out correctly for fall 2016 graduate student
Hello, I'm confused about filling out a FAFSA for grad school. I've been accepted so far to one program, but the awards packages haven't been calculated. I'm almost certain I'll need a loan due to...
View ArticleWhat qualifies as "the home in which your parents live"?
Is it where your parents are living as you are filling the FAFSA application, or is there a specific deadline that says: wherever your parents are living by this date makes that home the home in which...
View ArticleGates Millenium Scholarship
The GMS is due tomorrow and my recommender submitted her today whilst my nominator did a little while ago. As I check in on my application status, it says my nominator form isn't submitted, but I even...
View ArticleCSS Profile-Home Equity Question
I recently went through the net price calculator of several of my top schools that are suppose to meet 100% of demonstrated need. However, when I looked at the cost of Brandeis, I saw that it was...
View ArticleFinancial Situation
This is my situation: my father is currently unemployed from 2010, but will start working in 2016. We live in the house of a family member here in Peru, so we don't pay taxes. We only pay rent and...
View Articleaid for oos
Hi, I am a oos student who got accepted by IU. I am wondering if there is anywhere else that I can apply for financial aid besides FAFSA and the IU Bloomington IUAA/IUF Scholarship. IU's tuition is...
View ArticleWhat is the financial aid process if a US student want to complete their degree?
Do you get financial if so then how much?
View Article1098 Question
This is the first year this has happened. D13 has a co-op. She went to school both the spring and fall of 2015 and worked over summer. She received quite a bit of scholarship money this year partially...
View ArticleScholarship Application
Hi, I am filing out the gates millennium scholarship and I have done it but the problem is with my nominator, my teacher filled out the recommender form, but we have not found where to submit the...
View ArticleGMS Scholarship 2015-2016
Good luck to everyone applying! Going to turn in my application today and I am really nervous.
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