CSS Profile...Expensive!!!

Radar
Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:16:21 +0000

A couple of people have suggested here that if you cannot afford the 18 dollars per school for Profile, that you should stick to state schools or schools that do not require Profile. This is not the best option in some cases.

If your son or daughter is a very good student, and you have a very low EFC, you want to apply to good schools that meet the highest % of need. If he/she gets in to a Ivy/near Ivy you will move heaven and earth to pay the 500/1000/1500 dollars per year you can’t afford. But that doesn’t mean a family thats living week to week can afford the extra 100-150 dollars for the profile, with some of those 18.00 going to schools you may not get into. And because you need the best financial package you can get, you have to apply to a larger number of school so as not to get caught short of options.

There are families that received fee waivers for every application they submit, but do not qualify for fee waiver for the Profile. I called to inquire for the criteria used, the representative told me “they don’t tell us, sorry”.

There is no new information not included in the fafsa in this Profile, but they know you have no choice but to pony up.