For every additional dollar you make, you lose a certain amount of need-based aid.
Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill.
If a student will apply for need-based aid, consider federal aid rules before setting up a 529 as well.
Merit-based aid comes into play when colleges, especially those out of the top tier, get into bidding wars for desirable students.
Bottom line: If you have more than one child attending a pricey private college, you may qualify for need-based aid even at a fairly high income level.
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USC's calculator is meant to provide only an estimate of what a family might get in need-based aid, says Thomas McWhorter, the school's dean of financial aid.
It explains those tricky aid formulas, it shows how even prosperous students might wind up with need-based aid, and it offers tax strategies that apply across the board.
The following US-based aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance.
To make matters worse, endowments (and their returns) have shrunk, money from philanthropy has dried up and those universities that provide need-based aid have suddenly found their students are needier.
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Formulas for awarding need-based aid come in different flavors.
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All athletic-based aid is banned.
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As a result, there will be no impact on their eligibility for needs-based financial aid.
But they're less accurate at predicting need-based grant aid from colleges and don't predict merit aid well, says Mr. Kantrowitz.
At the other end of the spectrum, Nolan Byler, head of the Berlin, Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries, reported taking no compensation.
Her head and her heart were really into Columbia as her first-choice school, even though she intended to apply for need-based financial aid.
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If you're also applying for need-based financial aid, don't worry about private scholarships decreasing your award, says Keema Echols, president of the Kenaly Complement, a financial aid consulting firm for higher education institutions.
No, they probably will not get a full-ride based on grades, and they may not get ANY aid based on grades at a lot of colleges, especially state universities.
Some districts around the U.S. often try to lure away students from neighbors to compete for state aid based on enrollment figures, said John Musso, executive director of the Association of School Business Officials International, in Reston, Va.
The special relief is intended to support leave-based donation programs to aid victims who have suffered from the extraordinary destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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Too many financial aid programs are based on excellence rather than need.
Since a lot of merit aid awards are based on GPA, and typically the criteria is 3.75 or higher, the potential exists for the kid with the 3.71 to NOT have the grade, and NOT get the aid.
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Kelly Fox, chief financial officer for the Boulder campus, says the university awards most of its financial aid to Colorado residents based on need.
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Sure, they pointed out the tricky setup (routers need to be powered on and off in the proper order), but all said that with the aid of telephone-based customer support, problems were solved .
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The initial financial aid decision will be made based on the information provided on the FAFSA and CSS PROFILE.
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On 13 March one of the country's top aid workers - Karachi-based sanitation expert Parveen Rehman - was shot and killed in the city.
And he will stage a fundraising Sentebale Polo Cup match in Connecticut, in aid of his African-based charity, which supports orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho.
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An international aid worker with British-based Save the Children in Myanmar said the group has been giving out rice, salt, cooking oil and cash to help victims of the deadly storm.
C. based writer with a past in humanitarian aid.
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StudentAid.com, which launched earlier this year, asks students for detailed financial information and their GPAs and standardized test scores to create detailed cost estimates for up to 10 universities, based on each college's financial aid award formula.
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