Financial Aid accuracy?

anaelm
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:57:30 +0000

Hi,
I am an incoming freshman attending University of Florida. I was coming to the process with the mindset that I’m going to have to take out some loans during my undergrad, as my family income is only made by one parent- and to put it lightly, they wouldn’t be able to contribute. However, my financial aid package from UF, according to the website, with my Bright Futures (in-state scholarship) is almost 15k a year…Which is enough for room, housing, and maybe even FOOD… I am concerned because my hopes are high but I feel this is too good to be true. I even called the financial adviser and he said these grants are completely accurate and can be used for anything involving the university. Is there some sort of loophole I’m missing? Are they going to give me less for the next 3 years? (the grants are every year.)