Strategy for Financial Aid meeting

twoinanddone
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 03:00:37 +0000

I suspect this is because my mom’s husband makes a LOT of money, but he’s got 3 daughters of his own and is not going to pay anything toward my tuition. I live with my father, but all of my schools wanted mom’s info anyway. I guess the gap I am dealing with is about 15K, yeah. It’s a complete potshot but I would never forgive myself if I didn’t try.

Separate the merit from the need. If it is merit aid you want, talk to admissions, bring your MERIT support as listed above like new scores, new awards or prizes, your letters of rec. Use your time with FA to talk about need.

I think you should get your stepfather to write a letter that says “I am Steve Stepfather. I am married to @englibsci18 's mother, but he does not live with us and I do not support him. I have three children from a prior marriage whose educations I am responsible for. That information does not come through in our financials because I am not the custodial parent for those three college students who go to Big State U, Super expensive LAC and , Superduper expensive Ivy. I am unable to contribute anything to @englibsci18 's costs, and his mother must pay 50% of our household expenses.”

Did you get any money for need except from the school like Pell, SEOG, state funds? If not, why not?

Sometimes schools can see reasons why the non-custodial stepparent just can’t pay. Don’t get your hopes up becaues $15k is a large amount for schools to make up at the end. I’ve seen $5k more, but that’s usually a stretch.