Fafsa and Grad school

musicmom
Wed, 20 May 2009 21:00:59 +0000

Debruns-
That’s EXACTLY how it seemed to us…that the schools all of a sudden act like whether you can afford the school doesn’t matter anymore!
Son had two acceptances, one waitlist (still pending!). Merit money offered in March for one school that offered to him, none from other. He had to accept merit by April 15th or lose it. Luckily for him, it was substantial enough that he could accept it, regardless if he ends up with any needs based aid.

He has received several ‘requests for info’ forms from both schools FA depts but even now has not received any award letters like for undergrad. He is in a reasonable situation since we can assist a bit.
But how do the schools assume you can make an intelligent decision without all the facts?
Verbally, we were told by both schools that he would at least be offered grad loans in his name since he filed as independent for FAFSA in January.
Just seems weird to me after the relative organized flow of undergrad. Just my 2 cents.