Fafsa Question-Could you get more $ from Fafsa if you went to a private college instead of a public?
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I don't think so because the government don't fund private schools, that is what my professor said.
21935
There is a website that I have used in the past to see how much money I will get before I filled out the lengthy FAFSA application that might help in your situation.  You just enter your financial information in the boxes and then gives you your EFC (Expected Family Contribution) as well as the amount you will receive from the pell grant.
1066485
From my personal experience, financial aid is absolutely pitiful for the middle class but exceptional if you are poor.\n\nWhen I started college, my family income was a little over the national average, and as a result the financial aid package I received was very short on grants (aka free money) and heavy on loans (aka money you have to pay back).\n\nDuring my first year, my dad became very ill and could no longer work.  Our family income went from average to next to nothing.  However, my subsequent financial aid packages became very generous, with the majority of my expenses covered with grants.  I ended up graduating with $10,000 in student loans, which is pretty low.  I could defer payment of all of my loans until after I graduated.\n\nSo if your school operates anything like mine, the less money you have, the more money the school will help you out with.  In my case, I was very pleased with my school's financial aid situation as I could not have finished my studies otherwise.
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Just about any type of Federal financial aid and most private aid can be used to pay for housing (including off-campus).  Most organizations (whether they give scholarships or loans) simply wish for their funds to be used towards "educational costs." For example, at nearly all accredited, "Title IV eligible" schools (i.e. schools eligible to administer Aid like Pell and Stafford, etc.), you will be allowed to obtain financial aid up to your "Cost of Attendance" (COA). Your COA is a specific number determined by the Financial Aid Office that roughly corresponds to your actual educational costs. It may (and often does) include the following items*:\n\n-- tuition & fees\n-- room & board (whether it be on- or off-campus)\n-- a "reasonable amount" for books, supplies (in some cases, a computer), transportation, miscellaneous expenses\n-- dependent care\n-- study abroad expenses\n-- loan fees\n-- employment expenses for co-op study\n\nAs you can see, tuition is only one part of your COA, so you can keep applying for financial aid even once your tuition is covered. For example, say your total COA is $20,000 and your tuition is $10,000. Even if you had received Federal Student Aid in the amount of $10,000, you could still obtain another $10,000 in other types of funding. Try the following scholarship sites:\n\n* http://www.fastweb.com/\n* http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\n* http://www.scholarships101.com/\n* http://www.srnexpress.com/\n* http://www.scholarships.com/\n* http://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\n* http://www.finaid.org/scholarships\n* http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n\nOr, if you must borrow, try any of the loans on this page:\n\nhttp://www.finaid.org/loans/privatestudentloans.phtml\n\n*There are some things that can't be included in a COA, of course, like deposits and late fees; by the same token, there are things in your COA that aren't usually on your bil, so the two usually balance out nicely.
335793
Not many people are deny for financial aid. You should be ok, the problem that many people have with getting financial aid is when they or their parents have a lot of savings in the bank. When my friends and I were going through filling out FAFSA forms, my friend's parents didn't make a lot of money but they had no mortgage just every day bills and they didn't spend a lot so it went into their savings one of my friends parents had over $85,000 in their savings. She didn't get any financial aid can you understand why? $85,000 11 years paid for college 2 times over.
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Average...describe average. Fill out the FAFSA, they will put a code of that paper as to how much you have to pay out of your pocket, it will also tell you whether you can get a pell or not. THe school can tell you how much pell you get. Unless that code list all zeros, you can't get full pell..My FAFSA showed I should be able to pay 900.00 year and I only make $600/ month. I don't know where they get those numbers. Whatever pell doesn't cover, you should be able to get a loan for. You can only get the amount of loan the school says you are eligible for. A freshman undergrad can get max 2625. subsidized..Doesn't mean you will get it all. if the school says all you get is 300...that's all you get. Most of the time it will cover tuition, r & board..However, don't expect it to cover books (at least all of them), fees (there are hidden), supplies.. WIth no more than I make, I barely got enough loans and grants to cover room and board and utilities..I didn't get enough to cover car expenses to school, books, fees, etc. GL
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Private colleges and universities usually verie depending on what your major is. if you choos a prive colleges are tend to have a smaller studient to teacher ratio. where as a public college tend to have larger student to teacher ratio's. so do some reasearch befor deciding on what type of college you want to do. personally i work 2 jobs and go to college, but i do mine online so i can work at my own pace. check out my school website if your intrested.
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It's Estimated Family Contribution. Definitely the lower it is the better, however, I would advise being completely honest on your FAFSA. If you erred on your application and are selected for verification, all errors will be corrected.
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Technically, the government allows a family to borrow financial aid (PLUS loans, for example) up to the student's cost of attendance.  Although it is not "free money," it is financial aid.\n\nBut, yes, the federal government expects the student and parent to play the primary role in paying for that student's college education. Federal grant aid is reserved for the families with the highest amount of financial need.  In order to qualify for a Pell grant, your EFC must be $3,850 or lower. Certainly, parents with $4000 EFCs are needy as well, but there isn't nearly enough funding to make the cutoff much higher than it is.\n\nWhen the government calculates your Expected Family Contribution, the formula they use assumes that you are living a modest lifestyle -- it does not take into account any consumer debt that you may have or the cost of living in the state in which you reside.  As a result, most families do not believe that their EFC accurately reflects their ability to pay for their child's schooling -- and this may be the case.\n\nMost schools will allow you to appeal your financial aid package.  Before doing so, I would encourage you to read the following advice: http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/negotiation.phtml
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Yes, You would get more aid if you were to file as an independent student. I think you should visit the FAFSA website and get the toll free number. I would say to file independently. Your Mother does not provide finacially for you. You file your own taxes. If she does not claim you as a dependent then I would say that you are an independent student.
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You should be able to talk to your financial aid rep at school and look for additional funding. I am just finishing school and I was able to do many things like that to help pay for textbooks, etc. The school by law is supposed to return any unused financial aid to you unless you tell them you don't want it returned to you so I have never had trouble getting enough to cover all necessary expenses.
155974
Yes.  Contact the Financial Aid office at your school.  On their website, they list that you are able to apply for federal student aide.  Fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
1083854
depends on if you have  the money to pay for the out of state tuition would be easier to get finacial aid /grant if you stayed in your home state
54668
There are waivers or grants that can help with or completely pay some admission fees. Check out options with the financial aid office at each school and it's time to submit the FAFSA! If you are a non-traditional student or low income you should have help available. Good Luck to you and Congratulations in taking the first step to higher learning!
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no\n\ngo to the fafsa website.  everything you need to know is there.\n\nhttp://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
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To answer your second question first: Yes, in theory, a student at a $40,000/year school could receive more financial aid than a student at a $10,000/year school. However, there are limits to the amount of federal aid that a student can receive.  Pell grants, for example, are capped at $4050 whether you go to a community college or to a private Ivy League school. Stafford, Perkins, SEOG, and most state aid (just to name a few) are also capped.  As such, the higher cost of a private college can often only be met with private (or PLUS) loan funds or scholarships (from the institution or from outside sources).  \n\nAs for whether you will get much money...\n\nYou might not be eligible for Federal grant aid, but that doesn't mean you can't get some -- or a LOT --  of financial aid, including "free" money like grants and scholarships.  Families of all income levels have been known to get large financial aid packages.  If you're a low-need student, your eligibility for aid will probably depend on whether your school gives money for reasons other than financial need.  Broadly speaking, very competitive, prestigious schools aren't hurting for bright, qualified applicants -- so they don't have much reason to "woo" wealthy students (when they stand such a good chance of enrolling them anyway).  Instead, these schools often focus on their needier pupils; some have policies stating that they will only give need-based aid (a well known example is Harvard's promise to meet the full need of families with AGIs less than $50K).\n\nThe majority of schools, of course, don't fall into this category.  Many are in direct competition with the above schools and, in order to attract the "top notch" applicants will offer merit-based scholarships -- even to students wo don't show need.  \n\nYou know how, when you're applying to schools, they tend to fall into categories ranging from your "reach" school to your "safety" school? Well, most colleges have to look at applicants the same way: they will have an "A list" and a "B list."  It often doesn't take a lot of money to enroll a "B list" student, but in order to enroll their top-notch students, they may have to go the extra mile -- and sometimes this "extra mile" has a lot to do with money...\n\nAll this said, make sure you file the FAFSA regardless of what you *think* you can or can't get.  Many people are surprised.  Your eligibility for Financial Aid depends on a lot more than just your parent's income (or your income).  The EFC formula takes into account where you live; how old your parents are (i.e. how close to retirement they are); how many people there are in your household and, of those people, how many are in college, etc.
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if your situation is identical to when you first applied, you should get similar aid.  It's federal and state aid, the school you go to is irrelivant to them as long as everything else is the same.