Hi guys… Today, I checked my UIUC Dashboard and went to the financial aid part of the application to see if they put in the cost of attendance. I checked and it sind that my family is responsible for $35K, where we live in Illinois. To add my anxiety, it told the following: “You have not been awarded financial aid for 2016-2017.” I honestly feel hopeless right now. Is there a way that I can fix my FAFSA in order to be eligible for financial aid?
Background: Illinois resident, annual income of 23K, single parent household (unemployed), one sibling if that matters. If any other info is needed, please let me know.
In my son’s financial aid section it says financial aid for 2016-2017 won’t be determined/awarded until mid-March. You could call the school to be sure, but you may have just seen the cost of attendance number in general, not specific to you.
Hard to know for sure but your basic stats as you present them make me think you should/would qualify for some kind of aid. Contact the FA office and try to figure out what happened with them.
According to UIUC’s NPC, you should be getting a near full tuition grant, leaving about $15k ($11k room/board + books + personal expenses) in loans, work study, and family contribution.