Why High School Senior Year Matters for College Financial Aid

Dave_Berry · May 2017

"Alerting a prospective college about an applicant's improved grades could mean more scholarship money." ...

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2017-05-31/why-high-school-senior-year-matters-for-college-financial-aid

mohammadmohd18 · June 2017

"Why High School Senior Year Could Matter for College Financial Aid If You Have Shown Significant Improvement In Multiple Areas (but if you had high grades and still have high grades it doesn't matter)"

CourtneyThurston · June 2017

The more annoying thing about the article is that it makes it sound like it was a function of the many phone calls rather than the better GPA and test scores, which is probably more of the reason for the better package.

ReidIsLovely · June 2017

So lets say I had a 3.0 average for the years 9-11th, and all of a sudden I get a 4.0+ in senior year, then would that help with the financial aid, because I went from a 3.0 to a 4.0. (Hypothetically speaking)

kelsmom · June 2017

Not at any of the schools where I have worked in financial aid. Most schools don't look at that sort of thing. If there are automatic scholarships based on grades, the senior year grades could possibly bump a student up to a better scholarship amount.

1966Parent · June 2017

I agree grades matter - but from my kids experience test scores appeared to delivery more merit money than anything.

romanigypsyeyes · June 2017

I really feel for the FA offices who might get multiple, useless phone calls because of this article.

Otter517 · August 2017

In the narrative they told in the beginning of the article it sounded like the mother was doing all of the work. Wouldn't you're chances of getting more money go up if the student did the searching themselves? As a show of assertiveness and independence?

xxjetsfanxx · November 2017

nice

mommdc · November 2017

UA Huntsville is one school where you can submit higher test scores and GPA during senior year, and possibly get more merit.

And I think Temple accepts updated test scores up until a specific deadline.

I think the student should ask the school if merit is determined based on junior year grades and test scores submitted at the time of application, or if the award can be adjusted later based on senior year grades or scores.

mommdc · November 2017

UAH's policy as quoted from link below:

https://www.uah.edu/admissions/undergraduate/financial-aid/scholarships

The award amount is based on GPA and the highest composite ACT and/or SAT scores from one test sitting. UAH will take the highest score from any one test sitting until August 1 of your entering year, so make sure to send your scores if you take the ACT or SAT multiple times. If your GPA increases once we receive your final transcript and it puts you in a higher scholarship bracket, we will automatically upgrade your scholarship.

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