FAFSA tips with a lot of dependents

the0ne
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:44:52 +0000

Some of my kids are very strong academically, for instance my oldest has a 4.0 through 19 hours at CC, but he didn’t really know what he wanted to do for a career so we were hesitant to go directly to a 4 year college.

Is merit aid that stacked against transfer students?

I acknowledge that sending them to CC itself saves an enormous amount…about 80% savings in $150/credit vs $900/credit at ISU. I’m saving a lot for the first 2 years, but then I’m afraid we’re hurting them a lot for the final 2 years. Maybe my tactic from now on should be have them apply to 4yr schools as a freshman to see if they’d be offered money, but I imagine it’s rare to get enough to cover the cost difference noted above.