Hi to all you FinAid Mavens,
So I'm crunching some numbers and I can't seem to find the frequency with which the interest compounds on the federal loans after one enters into repayment. I rea...
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I am planning to take loans to cover both tuition and living expenses.
I will be attending LECOM, so a year's cost is about $50,000 (living + tuition)
Will Fafsa cover this amount? and if not,...
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Is financial aid for everyone? As well, what is the most you can get sub and unsub for financial aid? I was actually thinking of buying condo with my first years extra money because school doe...
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I just can't think where I can get 35k/yr for the tuition. Is it possible to get loan for that big amount each year?
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Can anyone shed some light on what you do if you want to fill out the FAFSA ASAP and you have not received any acceptances yet?
I have received one interview and waiting on 11 more schools...
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I am going to NYU this fall and was wondering about who's tax info goes into my FAFSA. Just mine, or also my parents? Does it help or hurt to put parents tax info in there also?
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Hi-
Stupid question, but ok. I'm wondering; do we pay for medical school up front? For instance, do I pay for the first year on the first day with my loaned money? Can one pay on a monthl...
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I am graduating in May and plan to defer my loans, Stafford Sub and un-sub, GradPLUS. My wife has a decent job and we were wondering if her income is used in the calculations for deferment. ...
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Ok so I know that while parents' tax data isn't necessary for basic federal loans, most schools require parent info to be considered for additional aid. But what if you can only give your mot...
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I was wondering for those of you who have been filing your taxes where you put the information for scholarships and grants that your institution has given you. Is this considered a source of i...
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I know that my mom makes too much money for me to qualify for any need based financial aid. My EFC is much higher than what my school costs.
My question is, do I need to fill out FAFSA for ...
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Will I be able to get any loans with those numbers?
My EFC will probably be sky high. And because of that will I be even able to qualify for unsubsidized loans at all? I don't want to blow all...
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So I'm trying to get a heads-up on all this loan stuff ahead of time, and I've been advised from one school to check out the borrower benefits that lenders may offer for the federal loans. Ju...
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Hi everyone,
I know that I can complete my FAFSA now but I haven't been accepted (or interviewed) yet for this incoming class. Should I fill it out anyway? I'm not flling my taxes until ...
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Is 400k of debt sound way too high?
I just calculated that, including subsidized, unsubsidized, gradplus for the rest, even the stafford reductions from 6.8 to 3.4 over the next years, I wil...
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Hey guys, wondering if you could help me with a bit of a tricky situation. My parents (divorced, not sure if it matters) both have lucrative jobs and are going to do very well this year, each...
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I want to get merit-base scholarship for MPH program, what percent of tuition fee is better to write in the application form that I can fund myself? (The fee is 50,000$ for 2 years) Am I not e...
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Hi everyone,
Would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Took out MEDEX max $15000 early this year to cover boards and interviews.
I would like to know if there is a limit on how many ...
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This may have been discussed, but does anyone know anything about being able to limit paying off stafford loans to 20% of "discretionary" income?
What is this discretionary incom...
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how does this work.. so you have been acpted... to X school and fill out all fin aid information... and your set to go.... June 1 arrives and you get your dream school. fin aid has dead li...
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Somehow some of my consolidated loans have no grace period and go into repayment a few days after I graduate medical school this May. The rest of my other loans have the typical 6-month grace...
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Hey,
Am hoping on going to college in September after I do the LC in June. I'm 18 and am planning on moving out to rented accommodation during the summer being financial independent of my parents....
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Hey all, I'm in a bit of pickle.
Without Getting into to much detail, I currently live at home, paying rent etc, but my parents are spiteful wastes of human life blah blah blah.
So anyway...
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Hi,
Well I'm a pre-med transfer student in his second semester of sophomore year. I'm living at home because of the cost/convince/focused-environment. Unfortunately this brings allong the nece...
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Does anyone know if it should be possible to consolidate at a rate significantly lower than my 6.8%? Since I'm graduating this year, it looks like federal interest rates will be quite lower th...
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