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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1291849" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>Those who set aside $ for scholarships get to set the terms of them. Some scholarships are solely merit-based (do not look at finances at all, just academics and perhaps extracurricular involvement). Others place a greater weight on need. Sounds like at least some of your daughter's scholarships determine eligibility by merits but have a sliding scale for the amount of the award based on family's finances (<em>i.e</em>., a combination of financial need and merit).</p><p></p><p>College students can declare themselves independent (and thus their family's $ won't be considered in awarding grants, loans etc) once they are more self-supporting. The rules change now and again but last I checked, the colleges consider things like whether the student was claimed as dependent on the last tax return(s), where their living expenses are coming from, and maybe their age.</p><p></p><p>The financial aid system isn't perfect but does have to balance very difficult and competing goals/interests. The main problem IMHO is that college costs have outpaced inflation and the grads' job market. New fancy dining halls, rec centers, etc etc. And state universities have gotten WAY less funding from their states, too: in NY, the SUNY state universities have been hamstrung by the fact that the state legislature gives them less and less $ every year (huge cuts during the recession), but haven't let them raise tuition to sufficiently compensate. Net result: tuition is fairly reasonable but students can't get the classes they need, and room and board is crazy-high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1291849, member: 20599"] Those who set aside $ for scholarships get to set the terms of them. Some scholarships are solely merit-based (do not look at finances at all, just academics and perhaps extracurricular involvement). Others place a greater weight on need. Sounds like at least some of your daughter's scholarships determine eligibility by merits but have a sliding scale for the amount of the award based on family's finances ([i]i.e[/i]., a combination of financial need and merit). College students can declare themselves independent (and thus their family's $ won't be considered in awarding grants, loans etc) once they are more self-supporting. The rules change now and again but last I checked, the colleges consider things like whether the student was claimed as dependent on the last tax return(s), where their living expenses are coming from, and maybe their age. The financial aid system isn't perfect but does have to balance very difficult and competing goals/interests. The main problem IMHO is that college costs have outpaced inflation and the grads' job market. New fancy dining halls, rec centers, etc etc. And state universities have gotten WAY less funding from their states, too: in NY, the SUNY state universities have been hamstrung by the fact that the state legislature gives them less and less $ every year (huge cuts during the recession), but haven't let them raise tuition to sufficiently compensate. Net result: tuition is fairly reasonable but students can't get the classes they need, and room and board is crazy-high. [/QUOTE]
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