Financial Aid for Northwestern

BrownParent
Sun, 29 Mar 2015 02:40:37 +0000

Other people’s financial situations likely have nothing to do with yours. There is no algorithm, weird or not. There is a fuller look at your financial resources than the fafsa asks about. So if you have more resources you will be expected to use them. If you have no assets then there shouldn’t be anything else and the NPC for NU may be pretty accurate for your situation.

Yes you will need to do the CSS early in the fall when you apply ED. Your estimate will only be accurate to the extent that your FAFSA, which you file early in 2016, matches the income figures.