@Betapig Let’s break down these numbers.
-As @zoosermom said, Fafsa is a form, not a money supplier. So, you and your parents will fill out the Fafsa. How do your parents know what you will get? You can take out $5,500 in loans if you fill out Fafsa. That’s a loan that you have to pay back after your graduate or leave school. Are your parents assuming that you will get a $500 Pell grant?
-$1,500 for graduating early: Who gives you that? Your parents reward you with that?
-$2,000 in scholarships for crew members – This is automatic? Do you get it at the end or the beginning of the semester? IOW, will you have to lay it out?
-Save up $10,000 by fall of 2018 – With the money you save (if you are able to do this), you would have $19,500, which covers the cost of attendance on Boise State’s website.
What about subsequent years? Do you get the “$1,500 for graduating early” every year? What about the “$2,000 scholarship for crew members”? And will you be able to save $10,000 every year?