Basic College Questions + Liberal Arts College...

SeekingUni
Fri, 21 May 2010 19:17:49 +0000

Thank you all for this wonderful information! I hope to keep receiving such great responses. Now I’ve got something to really think about. NCF may end up being the perfect college for me! I spend my Summers and many weekends throughout the year (including vacations, Spring Break, Thanksgiving, etc.) in Sarasota, so I think I ought to take a visit this Summer.



The money question is impossibe to answer without specifics. If there are no savings because your family makes little income, that’s one thing. If there are none because they pay a big mortgage and have credit card debt, that is treated completely differently.

Family makes little income and doesn’t exactly pay a mortgage (my step-dad’s father “owns” the house, even though we live in it, so he covers the mortgage, and we just pay him monthly so that if we ever get behind, it’s on a personal level and not with the mortgage company). No credit card debt, no crazy spending habits, no gambling, etc. Just a low-income family.

When it comes time to applying for financial aid, I’m going to need help on how to answer the questions. The mortgage situation is a tricky one in that I have no clue if it’s more beneficial to say that we are paying a mortgage, or to say that we aren’t paying a mortgage. We also get monthly food stamps and some other government aid, including some health care coverage I think? I’m sure this can only help my case.