If I get outside scholarships will my financial aid package be reduced?
I have a financial aid package from UVM that is roughly $24,500. That includes a $16,000 merit scholarship, $2000 need-based scholarship, $1600 work study, and a $5500 Stafford loan. That means I'm...
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My son got accepted into the University of New Hampshire. It's his first choice and he's thrilled about it. We don't qualify for need based aid beyond the Stafford loan. He is just below the required...
View ArticleWhat exactly is the reason for these ridiculous tuition prices and why is...
I know I'm not the first person to bring this up. I know free education is a topic in this election (hey Bernie!). But seriously. When I look at the loans and debt American families already face for...
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So I've been getting my acceptance letters and I find out about my first choice school in April. To go to these amazing colleges which I am getting accepted into I need to pay my enrollment fees and...
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Hi. I was accepted to university recently. My tuition is out of state and 50k. I know it's a lot but I have no other options; I was denied from the other school I applied to and none of the schools in...
View ArticleGoing to a school parents can't pay for?
I really want to go Purdue University but I would have to take out loans of $27,000 every year. I am willing to attend a CC in the summers when I return home to reduce costs and I plan to work but my...
View ArticleWill financial aid for the 2017-2018 school year use the 2015 income tax return?
I read somewhere the the FA rules were changing, and that FA for the 2017 year and beyond will use the tax return from the year before what is currently being used so that it's easier to send a...
View Article2016 National Merit $2500 Scholar Award
Has any NM Finalist gotten notification of a $2500 award yet?
View ArticleProblem with fafsa
Hi, Since completing the FAFSA with my parents there have been two fafsa edits from college (s). The strange part is that now under 93e Parents' Taxable Combat Pay Reported in AGI It says that we have...
View ArticleLate to the party - playing catch-up on merit aid for a solid, if...
My wife and I (and our older kids) were all undistinguished in high school, so we never seriously considered anything but state schools in our home towns. Our youngest child appeared to be on the same...
View ArticleCan I apply for a first generation scholarship after my first semester of...
I decided last minute to attend college and did not look into many scholarships before hand. Neither of my parents went to college, nor did my grandparents; I do have an Aunt who did attain a bachelors...
View ArticleEOP Stonybrook
Did anyone get there finical aid from stony brook for the EOP program how much did they give you? do you have to accept their EOP descion for your financing aid to be proccessed
View ArticleProfessional/Graduate student and loans
Oour daughter is in her 1st year of Pharmacy school so she is in a Doctorate program. When graduate students file for financial aid do they have to put down their parents income/assets? Are their...
View ArticleUCR reported FAFSA incomplete?
I went on the UCR Growl page to view my award status and they said it was incomplete: "You have reported on your FAFSA that you will be working on a master's or doctorate degree. However, according to...
View ArticleFAFSA issues this year?
This is my ninth year doing FAFSA. Never taken me more than 15 minutes. Survived the transition to data retrieval a couple years ago. Nothing painful. But OMG this year. It didn't recognize passwords,...
View ArticleRice vs. Purdue
So I've narrowed my choices to Rice or Purdue. Going into aerospace engineering Purdue is a top ranked engineering school, base cost about $42,000. I have secured $17,000 in merit scholarships there,...
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 ArticleScholarship Interview
So after applying for a very elusive scholarship in my community, I have been selected as a finalist. It is among 3 people, and the other 2 people have virtually the same stats as me (32 ACT and 3.98...
View ArticleShould I Get A PLUS Loan?
I am about to graduate high school and I'm beginning to receive college admissions decisions. I qualify for need based financial aid. I was accepted to Penn State University and the financial package I...
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