Financial Aid Handbook Myths #2, 3, 4

Simply because your parents don't want to pay

If you are getting college brochures in the mail, it is because of

1. find schools you like & can afford 2. can you get funded? if yes, then 3. visit and apply

Once a reach (unfunded) student accepts,

Reach students means

If parents won't help students fill out the FAFSA

There are only two types of schools: the kind that will fund you with a sizeable scholarship and the kind that won't

I should wait until after I'm accepted to figure out how to pay

Students are admitted to their reach schools because

I should wait until after I'm accepted to figure out how to pay

Both reach (unfunded) and safety (funded) students provide income to the college

You get what you pay for

Safety students means

When it comes to admissions, the bottom half pays for the top half

Colleges charge as much as they do because

In no other business can someone ask "How much does it cost?" and the answer is

Applying to college and sending in your transcripts and FAFSA is

Apply first, then figure out which colleges will fund you

You've got to figure out how much you and your family can afford to pay

You should only apply to schools that you can think of as funded

If you get into your reach school, you should go there

If my parents say they won't pay, I'll get more aid

How much a college costs directly reflects how much it costs the college to enroll a student

Students must fill out the FAFSA

If you get into your reach school, you should NOT go there

The real price of college is determined on a student-by-student basis

Colleges want to lure you in with the perfect first date (campus visit)