Fafsa and Grad school

Debruns
Wed, 20 May 2009 18:43:48 +0000

My son will be trying to getting into grad schools for school psychology. He was told to file early, but I thought they had to tell them yes or no by April 14th( or something close to that) for PhD and May for masters programs. I have seen posts from students that were still left hanging with aid…they act like all of a sudden whether you can afford to go doesn’t matter anymore. I hope my son’s schools will not be the same.
My niece did business programs and they were better. I’m sure every school varies and the type of program.
Unlike undergrad, a low EFC doesn’t matter as much since the awards are different. We have heard though if there are grants, work, etc., the earlier the better. I have found browsing different sites, they are very vague with grad aid, whether masters or PhD, it really depends on what they want to give, not your need. I hope since we don’t have much in savings, my daughters have some colleges that will consider 3 in college and not just 2.