Financial Aid Celebration.

Parent Cafe
21

<p>No Michael Corleone here, but the parents of the glorious Class of 2008 might have to add one more arcane term to their college financial aid repertoire: Need Access. </p>

<p>Question: I am an independent student. Why am I required to fill in my parents’ financial information?</p>

<p>Answer: If your school requires this information, you will be asked to provide your parents’ financial information by the Need Access Application. </p>

<p>

</p>

<p>For an example of how it does work:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/sfs/finaid/apply/docs/needaccess.php[/url]”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/sfs/finaid/apply/docs/needaccess.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

22

<p>She’s sure about exactly two things: she wants to stay in Portland (OR) and she does NOT want to work for us (we actually own a business in Portland, and she’s worked for us two summers).</p>

<p>I finally got some answers from my D about her loans and income-
I was worried that when she refinanced her school loans- she had extended the payment plan till retirement age ( she didnt)
but I was amused that she finally confessed who one of her employers was - ( she has been doing lots of freelance work) perhaps working for Microsoft will motivate her to go to grad school ;)</p>