Need based financial aid for Ivy Leagues

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As noted, you need to complete the CSS Profile for all Ivy League Schools. And IDOC as well. So…get that done. These colleges use the CSS Profile information to calculate need based aid…not the FAFSA (FAFSA will be used to determine eligibility for federally funded aid like the Pell Grant and Direct Loan, and federal work study).

Please make sure your child has a couple of affordable sure things for admission.

I would suggest you read this linked thread. This was a very very strong student and no one expected he would be denied admission everywhere he applied…but that’s what happened his senior year of high school. He did land on his feet after a well crafted gal year…but his senior year was not a happy time.

Please read this! Please. It’s an older thread but the info in it still applies…and admissions have only become more competitive.

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…