FA vs merit aid -- does it matter?

katwkittens
Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:54:12 +0000

Your definition of a lot of need is not necessarily what the school will determine through the FAFSA, profile or its own forms as what a lot of need is. Meaning your actual dollar figure is not what the school offers to your son.

I advised all my kiddos to leave no stone unturned as far as financial opportunities in financing college. They applied to schools that met 100% need, outside merit scholies of all kinds, ROTC (all branches of service), the service acadamies (three of them), D1 athlete scholarships, academic scholies at the schools themselves…the lists were extensive and exhausting.

In the end, all received acccpetances they could live with and finance themselves with little to no debt.

Same has been true with grad school and professional schools.

Kat