Not including "retirement" info on CSS...

dntw8up
Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:08:09 +0000

After a gap year you MIGHT have enough money to cover one year of college. Do you plan to take time of between each year? Financial aid decisions are generally made when a student begins at a school and committed to for four years, and such financial aid decisions change only if circumstances are exceptional, like the death of a parent. If your father were to change his mind and decide to complete the CSS Profile for your second year, your school would likely say that it has budgeted its financial aid based on first time admissions and won’t reconsider your need.

Regardless of the stereotype perceptions you have of public universities in AZ, the schools available to you are well regarded nationally and you need to look at your situation with some maturity so that you don’t lose the opportunity to obtain a college education. A school may have a party reputation but that doesn’t mean there aren’t scholarly students there. The AZ public universities are large enough that every type of student resides within them so you should be able to find like minded serious students.