<p>I have two Seniors. One is applying Early Action to a college that requires the CSS Profile by December 1st. He looks like he’ll be getting a lot of merit aid due to being National Merit. The other is… well… probably not going to college but we’re not sure? We should draw the line with him and tell him it’s out for next year but we haven’t given up all hope yet. He seems to only care about today and going out with his friends. Refuses to talk to us and when we ask him about College he says he doesn’t care but when we ask him what his future plans are he says he doesn’t know. We’re requiring him to get a job now and going with the assumption he’s not going to go… Too sad because he was all AP and Honors classes until he started failing classes last year… Came out with a D in an AP class and a C- in Honors English. Started this year with not doing any work, now seems to be doing some work…</p>
<p>Do I put 1 kid going to college and then change it to 2 later on if things change or do I put 2 kids going and then change it to 1 later on?</p>
<p>You should probably put 1 so that you’ll get the accurate FA info based on that. If you put 2 and you get an FA pkg based on that, it could be very misleading if the other child doesn’t go to college. </p>
<p>BTW…If I were you and this child is under 18, I’d get him to a doctor and therapist ASAP. Sounds like depression/anxiety/???. Once he’s 18, you can’t get him to a doctor without his consent.</p>
<p>One is applying Early Action to a college that requires the CSS Profile by December 1st. He looks like he’ll be getting a lot of merit aid due to being National Merit</p>
<p>does the EA school that requires CSS give lots of merit for being NMF? If so, keep in mind that the money gets applied to “need” first.</p>
<p>Thanks mom2collgekids. We went through all that last year with him. Counselors, medication, etc… He was perfectly happy all summer working at the Summer Camp he’s worked at for a few years now. The missing piece of information is he uses drugs. He smokes marijuana and has gotten caught many, many times…</p>
<p>He’s applying to Northeastern University which give Full-Tuition to NMF’s. It is all merit aid and not need based from what I’ve read. It’s either that or local university. Room and Board is 15,000 for Northeastern and our EFC is $8,500 so it’s the same regardless what financial aid we’ll get. Son will take out $5,500 in stafford loans and we’ll pay the rest.</p>
<p>*He’s applying to Northeastern University which give Full-Tuition to NMF’s. It is all merit aid and not need based from what I’ve read. *</p>
<p>Yes! What I meant was that any institutional merit (NMF award) would first get applied to “need”…even if it’s all “merit”. Some people think that the school will first apply need-based aid to whatever need there is…and then put the merit award on top. </p>
<p>however, since you have it figured out that he’ll get merit, a loan, and you’ll pay the rest, then you’re fine.</p>