Paying for college

austinmshauri
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:10:59 +0000

You can’t base your SBU aid estimate on aid you received from another school. You’ll get a better estimate by running the Net Price Calculator on the SBU website. Did you complete the FAFSA? What was your EFC?

If your parents can’t contribute at all to your education, then you have to find a college that you can afford with whichever of the following resources you get:

the federal student loan ($5500 as a freshman, $6500 as a soph, and $7500 each year as a jr and senior)

merit awards from the college

your work earnings from a summer job

federal Pell grant (IF you qualify)

NYS Tuition Assistance Program grant (IF you qualify)

BrownParent is right. Many NYS students who don’t qualify for Pell or TAP and have parents who can’t pay $15k out-of-pocket each year end up commuting to a local college.