Should I apply for financial aid?

mom2collegekids
Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:14:59 +0000

By filing a FAFSA, you could take out a student loan for 5500 as a frosh…so that may help your family a bit with out of pocket costs.

Yes, there are some schools that do require FAFSA for merit consideration, but many schools don’t require FAFSA for merit awards.

Do you have the stats for merit awards at some schools? If so, you might want to apply to some as financial safety back up schools.