RE: Re: Financial aid for college age kids. Tracie FASA Appl

March 19, 2008

I wish we could of been so lucky! I belive that is what it was, because I

am re-married it get's and got confusing on to which 2 parent income they

wanted, as it was not up to my fiance at the time to support him so we used both

bio parent income and it came back wrong. Now my son is on his own and has been

for 2yrs, applied and there is a problem, they still want parent income, which

is not right to me, he is supporting himself, living in a house, he has yet to

be approved for anything, nor denied, just keeps coming back to him with

something not right, I only now HE is way smarter than I am and can't figure

what is wrong, it does not point it out online, and he NEEDS to get into

finacial office at college. Another thing is Maine is not as education helpfull

when it comes to getting assist. We where told if going out of state, would

have to get help at the college applied and excepted at.

?????

Shihtzumom <shihtzumom1@...> wrote:

I have completed 2 FAFSAs for my daughter and 2 for myself so far, and

I

have never had any problem at all. Just have your last income tax papers

(1040 forms) with you when you fill it out online and you should have all

the information you need. Just follow the questions as they come up on the

screen. Once it is filled out, they tell you right away how much you need to

contribute, or if you don't need to contribute to the tuition. Then they

send the info to all the schools you list on it, and the schools will then

contact you about financial aid at that college.

There are many scholarships online. Just do a google search for education

scholarships. Once you get on a couple of scholarship lists, you will get

stuff in your email all the time.

Re: [ ] Re: Financial aid for college age kids. Tracie

Hey Tracie- I am just going to but in here., but saw your post and help

from so thought I would add to this as wish I had, had a better advance

and heads up. My son who is in college 3 yrs now, his last yr. of H.S we

went to the parent/student night for college bound kids, 2 1/2 hrs., got

alot of speakers from various fields, and at end of night did not get the

help I needed except to apply for the FASE, which has told you. But I

wanted to give you a heads up on this application is very invloved, it got

kicked back to me and also, my sis-in-law, who's son was applying same time.

It was to do with the income on both of our issues, we both are remarried,

very confusing on who's income they wanted, turned out they wanted my and my

husband not his father's income which didn't make sense to me. And the

other thing is DON " T lose the pin # they will give you, as it carry's

through, the whole college time. My son now and has lived on his own, he is

very bright

and tried the application himself as on his own he is 23, and it came back

several times, he can not figure out why, and needs college counselor help

but has not gotten in there yet as his classes leave him no time the way his

campus is set up travel's by car to different campus sites! I just suggest

starting the application the minute he/she is out of school. You can have a

deadline time also when applying for each simester. Hope this helps. Take

Care,

Sharon

tracierae143 <tracierae143@...> wrote:

Thank you . I will check out the website and call the guidance

office. It is a start. I really appreciate it. Being disabled,

the less running around I do the better.

Hugs,

Tracie

--- In , " McNally " <McNacks@...>

wrote:

>

> The guidence department at her school should be able to answer all

your questions. You can also visit the website FAFSA.com to get

alot of questions answered, they are the federal student loan

service. mary

>

March 19, 2008