Fed Financial
does fafsa financial aid provide aid for expenses for city college students?
for government aid, i know that they usually provide almost the whole expense for school (tuition/rent/food etc) if you're low income and attending expensive colleges. but does the same apply if you're only attending a city college and renting?
Public Comments
- It depends on your college. Schools use the COA (Cost of Attendance) in conjunction with your EFC (Expected Family Contribution) to determine your financial aid. Your COA is based on tuition/fees, books/supplies, room/board (on or off campus), and personal expenses (some schools may have additional items, but the preceding are the basic ones). It doesn't matter if you're attending a junior/community college, college, or university - they all use the COA and EFC to determine your financial aid. Talk to a financial aid officer at your school for more information. Good luck!
- Hey Lainey, Yes they do and to get a gist of how much financial aid assistance you will get, you should return to the fafsa site and check out their fafsa 4caster. This is so cool, because it asks you questions similar to that of your fafsa which will take up to 15 to 30 minutes. Upon finishing it it will tell you how much you will get and how to cover what you may need to contribute with scholarships or other grants. Fafsa is federal financial aid assistance and you may qualify for 4135.00 alone in just Pell grants and not to mention their is the SEOG grants and GAC grants. If you are independent and working and a single parent or are helping to raise someone or receiving WIC or food stamps or ssi or tehma or tanf or tca any type of state assistance that helps. Think about if you every got any certificates or what type of club you were in in high school. Who's who, national merit, valadictorian, or a 3.5 to 4.0 gpa.... And where you work may have a program that will pay for your attending college as well. Go talk to your financial aid advisor, enrollment advisor, and academic advisor. They have to tell you what you need to know if you ask. They are only obligated to do so on a don't ask don't tell policy. And also try the student aid site connected to the fafsa site. And if you don't mind working a little go to www.fastweb.com or www.collegeboard.com or your schools website. You do know that your school has their own scholarships for persons with 2.0 and higher and take out the time to do the SATs and try to get 1000 you will get so much more free money. Hope some of this helps.
