Big swings in income

mema32
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:04:55 +0000

We also have swings in income, and we found that every school, and even need awards from the same school, can handle it differently. My son’s freshman year, his older brother was also in college and our income was not as high as this year. He received two need based awards – a larger one that was guaranteed for four years and a smaller “alumni” award. This year, he only received the guaranteed grant which we were very thankful to get since we probably would not qualify for it if they had reevaluated our need.