Schools w/ Merit Aid? (1400 SAT)

[mom2collegekids]

Your posts are confusing.

They won’t show me any of their financial documents and are notorious for lying about everything. They said our AGI was 40,000… I somehow got hold of our tax returns, it was 70,000. They say our savings is $20,000 … but then said it was $80,000 yesterday. I can’t believe them and they won’t show me their bank statements.

After Financial Aid, our net cost will be likely $25,000 / yr. My parents can pay $15,000 / year.

How can your family pay $15k per year if their AGI is only $40k per year???

What kind of FA are you expecting?

Merit awards will likely reduce whatever aid you’re expecting.

Merit is applied FIRST, and then FA is awarded. It sounds like you think you’ll be awarded FA, and then your family will have a net cost of $15k, and then you can apply merit aid to reduce that $15k to 10k. It doesnt’ work that way.