Can I get into UIUC?

MerryLee
Thu, 26 May 2016 17:56:41 +0000

Here is the link for FAFSA https://fafsa.ed.gov/index.htm
You can read up on it. They have a fafsa4caster if you want to get an idea without having an account and still be private. You will need to ask your parents tax info. For the real, detailed fafsa you will need a lot more info from your parents like the value of their assets, property, savings accounts etc.

I am definitely NOT an expert. But using these on-line tools like FAFSA & net price calculator can give you an idea. Your financial aid package would be sent to you after you are accepted to a college/university. Your financial aid package will include academic and need based aid. Academic aid will be based on things like your GPA and ACT scores. Need based aid may include grants, loans and work-study. Each college/university will be different on what they offer you. Some college/university have private scholarships for students majoring in xyz or even from a particular county. If you have a talent or experience or background that adds to the student body, you might get a local grant or scholarship. For example a friend’s daughter played a unique instrument so her college offered $ to be in concert band. Another friend’s child, the school offered placement in an honors dorm and $ because of leadership positions in scouting, Work-study is where certain jobs on campus are available for payment-in kind. You don’t directly get the money but it goes towards your tuition/dorm etc costs. Work study could be federal $ or local campus $. One school I saw had local work-study jobs working at the campus parking garage ticket booth.

College tours usually include a general presentation by the financial aid office. If you want a individual one-on-one, you might need to make an appointment.