Does your financial aid officer @ ur college tweak your application for you when you go and talk to him/her?
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I will "tweak" a student's application in extreme circumstances, but not often. \n\nHere's how it goes...\n\nYour school can adjust your FAFSA (the application for Federal Student Aid funding) under certain circumstances.  However, they are by no means required to -- it's up to them to decide whether the circumstances you describe qualify as exceptions to the already *very* detailed Federal Student Aid regulations.  Their ability to make exceptions to these rules is known as "Professional Judgment," a provision in the regulations that gives your school the power to adjust or override certain FAFSA data in cases where that data does not accurately reflect your situation.  Examples of exceptional circumstances might include...\n\n* If the income/asset information that was reported on the FAFSA does not accurately reflect your earnings/savings for the year in question.  if a parent lost their job (or a lot of income) in mid-2005, their 2005 tax return (on which the 06-07 FAFSA is based) will make them seem as if they earn more than they really do.  Your school could, in this case, use your parents' new income to estimate actual 2006 earnings and correct your FAFSA.\n\n* If someone in your family incurred a great deal of medical expenses not covered by their insurance, your school could take this into consideration, possibly by adjusting your/their assets or investments to reflect the money that was or will be paid out to cover these costs \n\n* If you are technically considered "dependent" according to the FAFSA guidelines, but you can prove that you are *completely* self-supporting (emphasis on "completely"), your school can perform a dependency override to have you classified as "independent" for FSA purposes. Essentially, this means that you will not have to include your parents' information on the FAFSA at all.\n\nI am always willling to take the above information into consideration.  However, even when I have adjusted for these things, often the student's eligibility doesn't change because their EFC doesn't change much.  (Keep in mind that a $5,000 decrease in income doesn't equal a $5,000 decrease in your EFC.)\n\nThere are a lot of expenses that I won't take into consideration.  For example, the FAFSA does not ask applicants about debt at all -- so if your school was to take your debt into consideration, they would have to do so for everyone at their school.  Moreover, when students appeal based on extraordinary living costs, the emphasis needs to be on the basics: rent/mortgage, utilities, transportation, etc.  It is important to know that the federal methodolody (used to calculate the EFC) has *already* left room for many expenses by sheltering a portion of the family's income/assets (through something called the "income protection allowance" and "asset protection allowance"). So, although many parents have additional costs (i.e. a child needs braces, someone's car needs repairs, someone else attends private elementary/secondary school...), these miscellaneous expenses are already accounted for (to a point).   Quite frankly, everyone (inclluding very poor people) has bills, so that doesn't really make for an extraordinary circumstance.\n\nShould you decide to approach, your FA officer, be prepared to not only *talk* about the bills but also provide copies of them.  Your school *must* document any changes that they make to your FAFSA data.  Schools are audited on a very regular basis, and if it is found that they did not follow protocol or "broke the rules," their ability to administed financial aid to future students (including you) could be seriously jeopardized.\n\nEDIT: The CSS Profile is a form that your school can request to help them calculate your eligibility for their *institutional* funding; it can't be used to assess your eligibility for federal aid.  It goes *much* more in dep
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You can go back and edit any part of your application. What you could do is type the reference in putting all the info such as contact details etc...  send them also a copy (scan it) of the reference and don't forget to let him know what you've done.   Good luck with your application, I just sent mine (I'm a so called mature student!)
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-----It does not repeat not sound serious.   It may just mean that you must meet with someone to discuss your academic program.   This could be something that is required of all students from time to time.   Contact the Dean of Students or most anyone in the school administration; they should be able to point you in the right direction.   Your Faculity Advisor is someone else you could contact; that person may be the one you need to meet anyway. Again, it does not sound serious; I would not worry about it. ---Jim
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Yep!  They will ask for your official transcript and believe me they will call the school and have them send it directly.  One of the forms that you will sign before they give you the job gives them the right to do so.\n\nRival
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you need to contact the school that you will be going to
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I think you can talk to your school about it... that's what the colleges around here do.
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You did the right thing by not giving them more information. The bank info is probably what they were "phishing" for. I got something similar with what was supposed to be an online degree program, but then I got a high-pressure call where someone tried to get me to apply for financial aid. It sounded like they were trying to scam money either from me or the financial aid program, so I backed out. They probably can't do anything with just your signature and address, but check with local law enforcement - they can likely direct you to an office or service to report the incident.
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Their admissions office can provide you with that answer. However, usually when defering enrollment you lose ALL scholarships awarded by the institution.
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youre in college and talking on line...???\n\n\ngrow up
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no you have to pay later, may be for the application. a little fee\n\n:> peace\n.
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It varies depending on the type of aid, the source of that aid, and the school you attend.\n\nFEDERAL AID:\nIt is your school's responsibility to determine your eligibility for Federal student aid such as Pell, Stafford, Perkins, SEOG, FWS, ACG, and SMART.  Once they do this, they must contact in some documentable way you to tell you what it is.  Some schools do this via mail (i.e. post, letter) and want you to "accept" or "reject" their offers before disbursing anything.  Other schools employ what is referred to as a "passive" award letter, where they assume you want the aid unless you tell them you don't.  Schools do not *have* to send letters -- they might direct you to a website where you can view your aid and complete the requisite forms... The only way to know which method your school uses is to give them a call. Note: if you filed a FAFSA and a few months ago and you still haven't heard from them, you should probably give them a call to see if something is missing in your file. \n\nSTATE AID:\nMost state financial aid agencies will notify you of your eligibility after you file a FAFSA.  However, even in these case, your school almost always have the final say regarding your eligibility (the state agencies rely on Financial Aid to confirm the some additional information that they can't know otherwise).  These state awards will probably also appear on your financial aid award letter and you may need to "accept" or "reject" them too.\n\nINSTITUTIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS:\nSame as "federal" (above) -- if you are eligible, the school will tell you.  In most cases, it will probably be assumed that you will accept this type of aid, so the school may not require you to do much...  \n\nPRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS:\nWhile most schools require you to tell them about any scholarships you get, that is usually the extent of their involvement. (Sometimes the private scholarship org may require the school to complete a form or confirm your enrollment.) Scholarship organizations are often on different "notification" schedules than schools, so it can sometimes be quite a while before you find out if you got their scholarship/fellowship/grant.
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See what you think of this...\n\nDear Sir/Madam:\n\n\nI recently was awarded one of two scholarships from your organization at my high school, Atlantic Community, at the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 17, 2006.  I cannot express in words how proud being the recipient of this scholarship makes me.\n\nI would like to thank you for finding me deserving of this honor.  With my family’s recent financial difficulties, being the recipient of your scholarship has removed a significant financial burden from my shoulders, which should allow me to focus all of my attention to my studies and achieving my goals as a college student.  For this I am eternally grateful.\n\nIt is my intention to work hard throughout college to prove that I am deserving of this honor and look forward to the day that I can invite you to my College Graduation as an expression of my gratitude.\n\nRespectfully,\n\n\nXXX
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I work in the Financial Aid Office at Northwestern University. I've seen many of these such letters, and as far as I know there really is no set format. Just state your situation as clearly as you can, citing examples, and be clear about what you want. Also, be very grateful, because often an increased financial aid award means depleting University funds. Simply illustrate, as eloquently and concisely as possible, why you need more aid, and thank them profusely for their help.
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im not quite sure about #1 because the times have varied slightly when ive applied for mine...\n\nfor the second answer youll know how much help youre getting because you get a letter in the mail stating how much youre getting etc...\n\nyour classes wont be dropped but if financial aid doesnt cover them your liable to pay the school before you can go your next semester (atleast at mine its that way)
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College entrance requirments vary.  Decide which college(s) you are most intereste din, and contact their admissions department.
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They don't *usually* check, but they can if they get suspicious.  More likely, they get a sense from the rest of the application about whether what you are saying makes sense.  So, if you are running D's in math and Science and you claim to be president of the Chemistry club, it is just going to stick out like a sore thumb.  Similarly, if you claim to be in the orchestra, but you don't mention studying an instrument, that's going to look odd.  And of course, the most obvious situation occurs when they have two applicants, both of whom say that they are president of the chess club, the yearbook, or whatever.\n\nIn addition, most colleges have lots of admissions officers, and each one specializes in certain cities and towns.  So, after a while, they get a sense of what rings true and what doesn't.  If they know that the chorus at your school frequently goes to the state championships, they will figure that anyone who claims to be in chorus must be very serious about it.  That will show up in other parts of the application. (Are you taking advanced courses in music?  Do you mention a private music instructor? That sort of thing.)\n\nSo, you might be able to get away with a lie, but there is a good chance they will catch it.  And if they do, you are dead meat.  NO college will touch you if you are caught  doing something dishonest on the application.  (You have to swear that the application is true.)\n\nGood luck!!
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No... I applied regular though because the college was highly selective and if you apply early and get rejected your app will not rolll over to regular