A Financial Aid Nightmare

Northstarmom
Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:42:22 +0000

You aren’t going to get need-based aid from any colleges without a FAFSA, and the lack of this also will prevent your getting some merit aid from colleges that require such info before awarding merit aid.

What is your state and stats including PSAT?

I don’t understand why you’re considering applying ED for your state school. Will the school not give merit aid to nonED applicants?

I doubt that top schools will offer you generous aid even without your filing FAFSA. Try using Google and checking the merit aid threads on CC boards to find this info. Some excellent merit aid info is in Parents Forum here. Other resources are pinned to the top of this board. Also check the financial aid and merit scholarship web pages of colleges that interest you. You also can find excellent merit aid info on various colleges by checking CC’s boards on the individual colleges and then seeing the ECs and stats of students who got excellent merit aid.