Last fall, Williams College began admitting more international students who could pay full tuition, and will reintroduce loans into its financial-aid packages this year. ❋ Jane J. Kim (2011)
European leaders were also working to quell fears that a second financial-aid package for Greece could fall through and the country could default. ❋ Stephen L. Bernard (2011)
A senior Greek government official said Tuesday it expects that a June audit of its budgets will show it needs a new financial-aid package of nearly €60 billion to cover its needs stretching into 2013. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Mark Kantrowitz , founder of FinAid.org, a financial-aid Web site, estimates that about 5% of the application pool may increase their chances of being admitted by not applying for aid—with international and wait-listed students seeing the greatest benefit. ❋ Jane J. Kim (2011)
Last-Minute Tuition Hikes Many college students and their parents are about to get a surprise that could derail years of careful financial planning: last-minute tuition increases and cuts to financial-aid packages. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)
Another common misconception is that scholarship applications coincide with financial-aid applications. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2012)
Many schools begin by admitting part of the class without regard to the ability to pay, but start to consider it when the financial-aid budget runs thin. ❋ Jane J. Kim (2011)
A report that Greece could get a new financial-aid package helped boost the currency, but investors soon worried about how Greek debt could be restructured and the dangers of default, capping the euro's gains. ❋ Bradley Davis (2011)
Euro-zone bond markets have stabilized in recent days, however, in the expectation that a rescue of Greece—and possibly a strengthening of Europe's financial-aid tools—will be agreed on Thursday. ❋ Marcus Walker (2011)
Greece expects that a June audit of its budgets will show that a new financial-aid package of nearly $86 billion will be needed to cover its financial needs stretching into 2013. ❋ Costas Paris (2011)
The most generous portions of financial-aid packages also may never materialize. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)
Earlier this year, Georgia and Illinois awarded grants to students in financial-aid packages, but the states recently scaled back these programs. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)
Too often families confuse federal and state deadlines for financial-aid applications. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2012)
"Our endowment was impacted by the downturn, so we're still struggling with the results of that," says Karen Cooper , Stanford's financial-aid director. ❋ Jane J. Kim (2011)
ATHENS—Greece expects that a June audit of its budgets will show that a new financial-aid package of nearly €60 billion $86 billion will be needed to cover its financial needs stretching into 2013, a senior Greek government official said Tuesday. ❋ Costas Paris (2011)
Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of financial-aid site FinAid.org, says your total debt at graduation should be less than your expected starting salary. ❋ Veronica Dagher (2011)
Greece expects that a June audit of its budgets will show that a new financial-aid package of nearly €60 billion will be needed to cover its financial needs stretching into 2013, a senior Greek government official said Tuesday. ❋ Emese Bartha (2011)
Greece expects an audit of its budgets will show that a new financial-aid package of nearly €60 billion $86 billion will be required to cover its financial needs stretching into 2013, a senior Greek government official said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
And you may actually boost your chances of getting a scholarship if you start ahead of the normal financial-aid season. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2012)
Still more families won't find out about changes to tuition and financial-aid packages until the end of the summer or even after the semester begins. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)
When one visits [the student] [loan] department, one often [leaves] with a bad case of financial aids ❋ College Owns My Soul (2010)
Damn! I worked so damn [hard to get] into [NYu], and now I can't [afford] it. WTF? ❋ Hithere (2005)
Anrgy broke college student: "After re-filling out my twelve page [FAFSA], they made me [re-do] it because they got my social security number mixed up. That was just the beginning of my issues with fucking [financial aid]." ❋ Alyse T. (2009)
"I hear Olivia's parents [voted for Obama], I'm surprised she can afford to go to [Kent Place School]"
"She can't, she's on [financial aid steroids]" ❋ TheBoi1128 (2013)
