<p>My daughter was excepted to bridgewater universty. They have offered her a 15,000.00 scholarship the tuition is aprox. 39,000 how much will fafsa and grant help pick up her mayjor is enigeering</p>
<p>Check out the FAFSA forecaster here: <a href=“http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov%5B/url%5D”>http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov</a></p>
<p>Impossible to even guess as need based aid is based on your financial circumstances (income and assets) and the cost of the school. Need based aid does not generally take the major into account except for certain grants such as the SMART grant and the TEACH grant.</p>
<p>FAFSA itself does not pick up anything. It calculates an EFC (Estimated family Contribution) which it send to the school. The school uses the EFC and their COA (Cost Of Attendance) to calculate your need. Your need is COA less EFC. Merit based scholarships reduce your need. Not all schools promise to meet full need so you may pay more than the EFC.</p>
<p>To be eligible for any federal grants your EFC must be very low (meaning income/assets are low). For the 2009-2010 school year the maximum EFC for the Pell grant (the main federal grant) was 4617. Most other federal grants (such as the SMART) require that you are Pell eligible.</p>
<p>If you are very low income and qualify for the Pell then the amount depends on your EFC. The maximum Pell in 2009-2010 was $5350. That requires an EFC of 0. As the EFC goes up the Pell goes down until at EFC 4618 (in 2009-2010) there is not Pell eligibility.</p>
<p>Institutional grants would depend on the school.</p>
<p>The $5350 is the only free money you will get other than what the school gave you, and as detailed above, you only get that if you’re very low income. After that, the only help you’ll get resulting from filling out the FAFSA will be in the form of work study and loans.</p>
<p>You may also be eligible for state grants depending on income and state.</p>