When to Apply for a Stafford Loan?
I am entering graduate school and will have to take out loans to fund my education. However, my master's program gives out several assistantships and scholarships, and I will not hear if I have...
View ArticleGap year and financial aid
If a student decides to take a year off what happens to financial aid? They need to start paying back after x months (how many?) and does that have any effect on when they go back to school if its a...
View ArticleI barely got any financial aid
Hi so i recently got accepted to uc davis and uc san diego, but i barely got any money in financial aid. I got mostly loans and only 5k in grants. My parents make under 77k a year, but we have 140 k in...
View ArticleMissed the FAFSA state deadline for california
In the past most of my aid has been from a Cal Grant and this year due to a lot going on with my family we missed the state deadline that was on March 2nd. I was wondering if there is any way around...
View ArticleIs there any good Scholarships for Juniors based on merit or special...
Hello, I am a high school junior looking for scholarships I have: - 4.07 GPA - 29 composite on ACT - I am adopted - in National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Family Career and Community Leaders...
View ArticleFull need college and 2nd child in college details
Does anyone know if full need colleges make any distinction between the EFC for a 2nd child in college who goes to a state u with lower costs and the EFC for the same child who goes to a more expensive...
View ArticleTemple Scholarships + other colleges with merit aid???
Hi I'm a junior in hs and I was a little confused about Temple's academic scholarships http://admissions.temple.edu/sites/admissions/files/uploads/15_16_ADM_Scholarship_APP_Final2.pdf According to the...
View ArticleIf a college is full-need, does the cost of attendance matter?
Hi, since colleges that meet full-need promise students a generous financial aid package, does the cost of attendance even matter? I've seen some private colleges costing up to 70k per year, which is a...
View ArticleAir Force ROTC Type 1 Scholarship
I was recently awarded a type 1 scholarship, which is obviously very exciting as it pays for full tuition to nearly any school. If you have any questions about the application process or my profile,...
View ArticleScholarship Sites That Work...And Where to Look?
Okay so I am a Senior currently and I have been searching and searching websites to find scholarships and other things. I thought this might be a helpful thread to see what others have found because a...
View ArticleContact by FA office = good sign?
My son received an email from someone in the FA office of a selective private school, asking him to clarify a specific amount reported on a form. This school is need blind. Is this a good sign that he...
View ArticleCan't afford college I'm committed to!
Hi my name is Taylor, I got accepted into the college of my dreams but unfortunately, with the small amount of scholarship I received there is no way I can afford it. I was expecting way more money....
View ArticleShould I submit FAFSA?
Should I file for FAFSA if there is almost no chance I will get any financial aid (parents' income over seven figures)? Will FAFSA hurt my chances in admissions? Also, will FAFSA open up more...
View ArticleRollover of Thrift Savings Retirement fund into 401K upon retirement in...
Hello, I'm helping my son prepare his FAFSA. I retired last year and rolled my federal Thrift Savings account into a 401K account. This amount shows as non-taxable income on our taxes and dramatically...
View ArticleMerit Aid Requirements at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and SJSU?
I'm a senior applying to Stanford, UCB, UCD, and SJSU. I know that Stanford gives more financial aid than merit aid, so I'm just asking about the last three. These colleges don't really list actual...
View ArticleShould I submit my ACT score to test optional schools like Stonehill,...
I'm a rising senior from NY and, even though I may get a small amount of need based aid, I need to get merit aid, too to afford college. I really like Stonehill, Providence, Fairfield and Loyola, among...
View ArticleDifferent ways to accumulate finance to finish my education.
Hello, I'm wondering if anybody on this I might be able to help me better understand how I can accumulate money and order to finish up my education. Currently, I need to save about $33,000 by next...
View ArticleDoes work study affect efc?
So I made a previous post stating that my brother's efc and mine was different. I realized that I put maybe on my application for work study and he put no, so I was wondering if that affected my efc?
View Articlefasa loans I have no idea what im doing . need some advice
Hi so I reasontily moved from baltimore two newyork and im completely confused on how this hole thing works . So in maryland I applied for a community college & was excepted completed the fasa n...
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