Paying for college

TempeMom
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:04:00 +0000

You are smart to be thiking ahead about this. Good on you.

Cast a wide net. If you need merit money look for schools where you will be in the top 75% or HIGHER and apply early. Educate your parents as much as they will allow. My hunch is most parents who have the “we’ll worry about it later” framework are either afraid they can’t afford it and are wishing on shooting stars or remembering the old days when you could essentially self-finance undergrad.

PLUS as mentioned above what the school says you can afford is almost never, even in meet full need schools, what YOUR parents think they can afford. The price goes up every year, btw, and what you personally can or should borrow is very limited. Best to you.