Financial Aid for Upper-Middle Class

daisychain
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:35:37 +0000

Is there any downside in completing CSS/FAFSA paperwork and applying for aid anyway, even if you are pretty sure your EFC will exceed the COA? For need-aware schools, if you give them your financial paperwork and they conclude that you don’t have need, it theoretically shouldn’t hurt your admissions chances even if you are a borderline candidate. But would schools view even applying for need aid, if it turns out you really, really don’t qualify for it, as inappropriate or overreaching in some way?