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<p>I am not clueless about financial aid, so I did do all of those calculations before asking questions.</p>
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<p>I am not stating that this is a bad idea, I was referring to the impact it would have on my direct-billed expenses. I already know that I can get a campus job, but it was included in financial aid and they used that job figure in the calculations of what i would have to pay.</p>
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<p>yes, my college is on a semester system so it bills by semester.</p>
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<p>I know my university’s policy:
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<p>I am saying my outside scholarship went to “nothing” because it is covering a $3,000 expected term-time job offer, which is supposed to be used for personal expenses. ** But I will not get that $3,000 to use, so what is the point that I got the scholarship or not? ** I could have just saved up $3,000 from a summer job. </p>
<p>Outside scholarships do not reduce parent contributions, so the most it can cover of out of pocket is my $1600, which mine covers $1,000 of, but I don’t get to ** use ** $3,000 of it anyway. </p>
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<p>My FAFSA EFC is a lot higher than what I have to pay out of pocket for this school, which is Harvard. But my family, like many, many other families, does not have the EFC amount readily available to pay.</p>
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Thank you, we are truly grateful for it.</p>