6 Things Everyone Should Do Before They Take College Financial Aid

“‘Fundamentally, award letters aren’t really a counseling tool. They are marketing documents,’ Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors Network, told CNBC. ‘Their goal is to show you how you can afford the school, even if you really can’t.’”

http://www.cheatsheet.com/personal-finance/6-tricks-for-knowing-which-financial-aid-offer-is-the-best.html/?ref=YF

Perhaps this would have been more helpful to some if it had been published by the original author BEFORE May 1 when students had to commit?