3rd party scholarships ... realistic?

thumper1
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 15:57:24 +0000

@HankCT

Did you run the net price calculators before your daughter applied to colleges as suggested? Or are you in. Situation where they wouldn’t be particularly accurate (self employed, divorced, own additional real estate). These net price calculators are there to help families in terms of cost projections.

Your daughter has some colleges on her list that don’t cost as much as your EFC…and that’s good. If your FAFSA EFC is in the $65,000 a year range, I’m not sure those private schools would have netted more aid…unless it was merit aid.

But back to the topic of this thread.

3rd party scholarships…apply and see. Her best bet is local ones. While they might nitmbe renewable, they might put you in the position of being able to save money towards subsequent years by applying those outside scholarships now. They all don’t consider financial need.

Your HS counselor likely has a list of local outside scholarships.