Accepting 2nd choice Scholarship - pending 1st Choice decision
We are being asked to accept soon a scholarship offer to the second choice school now. The first choice decision is still several month away. What are the repercussions of accepting now and changing...
View ArticleCollege Grants Question?
Are there any grants you can apply for that you don't already have to have filled out the FAFSA for? We haven't gotten our tax stuff back in the mail so I haven't finished it yet...
View ArticleTax software?
I'm required to file my own taxes this year over scholarships/grants in excess of academic charges. I have no other type of income to declare, such as work earnings. I might not be able to meet...
View ArticleScholarships and Aid.
Hey! So I am from Cincinnati, Ohio and I am attending school on Long Island majoring in Musical Theatre next year that is about 45,000 a year. On top of that I have a few for the Conservatory I will be...
View ArticleNational Merit Finalist vs National Merit Scholar
My D is a junior and has received PSAT scores that mean she'll likely be a National Merit Finalist. We are looking at schools with significant automatic merit aid for NMF. Some schools, like University...
View ArticleMarlboro College Offering 52 Full Scholarships This year
Just heard about this on Marketplace this morning on the radio. Here is a link (if they let me post this!) to the short podcast about Marlboro. What a great school for individual attention. And it's in...
View ArticleFee Waiver???
So I applied to WCU as a transfer student and clicked fee waiver (because in highschool I used one for the SATs...) Anyways I went on college board turns out I don't have a fee waiver but I already...
View ArticlePSATs- Are there any scholarships available for me?
I recently received my PSAT scores, I got a 1360/1520 overall. 710 M and 650 CR/W. 98th percentile for both the Nationally Representative Sample and PSAT/NMSQT User Percentile. My NMSC Selection Index...
View ArticleFinancial Aid For A Returning Adult Student - Will Income Before Enrolling...
A friend of mine is thinking about quitting his job, and going back to finish his degree. He has around 100 credits from back in the 1980s. He lives in New Jersey, and is looking at NJ publics. I think...
View ArticleYouth Foundation - Hadden Scholarship 2016
Has anyone heard anything about the Hadden Scholarship this year? I have been checking religiously every day to find out when it opens and all it says is January 2016. But it does say the deadline is...
View ArticleIBM TJ Watson Memorial Scholarship
Hey guys so I am going to be applying for the IBM TJ Watson Memorial Scholarship for the children of IBM employees. The scholarship says its based off of grades, test scores, and extracurriculars. Does...
View ArticleFAFSA Eligible non citizen but no SSN????
I'm really frustrated about this issue and I can't find any answers elsewhere so I have resorted to asking CC. I am an eligible non citizen for Federal Aid (parolee for >1 year; awaiting permanent...
View Article1040EZ with unearned income? on CSS
I am registering for the CSS and D hasn't filed. Last year she filed a 1040EZ because she only had W2 earnings. This year she will have unearned income. She can still file with a 1040EZ correct? Thank...
View ArticleEmployers' statements and deadlines
Hey friends, I've been working on my CSS profile for quite some time now, and unfortunately even though my parents tried hard they couldn't get their hands on their 2015 tax papers/employers'...
View ArticleFAFSA and CSS Tax Years
I just wanted to clarify this, but for FAFSA do I need to use the 2015 tax year and for CSS do I need to use the 2014 tax year?
View ArticleFull Ride and Outside Scholarships
Hello. I am an only child with a single mother. We live under the poverty level and have been struggling a lot over the past two years. We completed the FAFSA and got back an EFC of $0. The amount of...
View ArticleFAFSA Question - I chose 'Will File" as Tax return not complete yet - wil...
Hi there. I completed the FAFSA with my father and as we have not received his 2015 year end W2, he hasn't completed the 2015 tax return yet. I have some schools that require the FAFSA by 2/15/16....
View ArticleTuition Exchange
Hello! We applied to the tuition exchange program and we were wondering if anyone else has past experience with it. She is also available for the FACHEX program, but she is more interested in the TE...
View ArticleFAFSA: Adding schools 11+ after the first 10 and the update after you file...
I know you can do 'corrections' to the FAFSA to go over the first 10. The FAFSA has been submitted with 10 and the letter in the mail came today and we have the Student EFC on line. What I'm not seeing...
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