CSS Non-custodial profile impact on EFC

houstonmom1
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:54:50 +0000

mom2collegekids
D1, now at Brown, had her heart in USC because of that. Wrong! They were among the ones that offered the lowest aid. They did ask for other parent information, just through the back door. And all the extra paperwork request only put her last in line for aid distribution. Brown gave her a generous…$1,400! She is there (for now) only thanks to a lot of external scholarships and lots of mom’s sacrifice, and jobs she found. Are there better options for her situation? Yes, but having top GPA, SAT scores and honors, speaking 5 languages (now 6), 10 AP’s (saved a year of college), you want to at least let her TRY her best shot…