Confused with question 90 on FAFSA
On the day you submitted your FAFSA, what was the net worth of your parents' current businesses and/or investment farms? Then I read the thing to the side "Business value does not include the value of...
View ArticleShould I file a tax return if I had a part-time job in summer 2015? FAFSA
- I made less than $4,000 - Depended, upcoming sophomore in college - I did the fafsa last year - Received a generous grand & scholarships - My parents filed their taxes for 2015, they said they(I)...
View ArticleQuestbridge Likely Email
I am currently working on a Questbridge College Prep Scholars application. I am not finished with the application, but I've put in my 100-word short answers, my classes and grades, and my family info....
View ArticleHelp, please! Parents trying to pressure me into lying on FAFSA.
Hey, all. I really need some help. By tomorrow (or maybe even today), my parents want me to fill out the remainder of the FAFSA and they want to me either: a) exclude my fathers IRS tax forms...
View ArticleWhich Student Loan Provider is Best?
I know most people on CC are against student loans, but I truly will need them, since my family is so low-income. I'm not going to take out tons of money, and my mom will be willing to cosign. I was...
View ArticleSo, is this a bad way to think about my financial aid?
So basically I have been offered $25,000 from this school along with $10,000 in loans. It is $5,500 in Subsidized stafford loans and the rest is in parent plus. Last year, I made $6,000 from work, so...
View Article529 assets for one child impact on financial aid for another
My wife and I married last year. 2nd marriage for both of us. While I had established 529 accounts for my two children a long time ago which have grown substantially, my wife did not have one for her...
View ArticleOregon state presidential scholarship
I am hoping I will be able to receive the presidential scholarship at OSU, but I was just hoping anyone knew when the acceptance/rejections for this scholarship come out? I've been searching all over...
View ArticleAccept/Decline Financial Aid option on portal
So I checked the financial aid portal for a school I was admitted to and just accepted all the grants and work-studies they offered me. (Because why not!) This has nothing to do with whether or not I...
View ArticleGoing into debt
So I currently see myself attending UIUC for engineering. After my parents help I still expect to find myself 18K in debt per year, before taking into account what I will be able to earn. Any tips on...
View ArticleGetting My Financial Aid Back
OK, So I'm realy hoping someone can help me, this means a lot to me. So the year before last (2014) I got SAPed by my college. It means I didn't meet requirements for my grades and GPA with financial...
View ArticleMaking a resumé for scholarships.
So, my school uses Naviance, and we have this huge senior award event coming up. We had to select all the awards we qualified for, however, attached, we need to create a generic resumé for all of the...
View Article***APIASF FINALISTS 2016-2017***
I heard that students are getting notified that they are finalists for the apiasf scholarship today. I haven't received any email from them yet... has anyone else???? :|
View ArticleFAFSA and SEP-IRA for self-employed; very specific question
I hope a self-employed person who knows about the FAFSA and SEP-IRAs backwards and forwards can help me with this! Here's what I do know: If I had a regular IRA contribution (not SEP-IRA), I would have...
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 ArticleWhat is the limit to FAFSA corrections
So I have corrected the fafsa 10 times. I logged in today because I need to add some more colleges and got a red note on the page: "Warning: You are close to the limit in the number of corrections you...
View ArticleDo you get work study salary + award?
I know that students get paychecks for the work study salary, but do they in addition earn the award they receive if they work for a minimum number of hours each week? For instance, say that a...
View ArticleHow is the EFC calculated?
My mother makes about $80K a year including her husbands income. Our household size is 5 (2 parents 3 kids). Im the oldest and I am the only one in college. I am afraid that my mom will make too much...
View ArticleResearch income as scholarship $$ + scholarships $$ and taxes
Our son earned $5000 last summer doing research. We didn't realize that that $$ was considered scholarship $$ and that has confused us as to whether he can claim himself as an independent or if we are...
View ArticleAm I still eligible for financial aid?
The financial aid portals for the colleges I have been accepted to show that I am still missing some documents. My mom still needs to do her tax documents and I have to a submit noncustodial parent...
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