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How Financial Aid And Work Study Affect Each Other

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on February 27, 2025
All students who submit the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), are awarded some sort of financial aid by the federal government. The financial aid offered is different for every student. Your package is calculated based on the information you provided on the FAFSA form.  The financial aid package typically includes a combination of scholarships, …
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How Student And Parent Assets Affect Financial Aid

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on May 13, 2025
Key Takeaways: The FAFSA, CSS Profile, schools, and organizations may consider your assets when determining financial aid eligibility. Students and parents don’t have to report all types of assets, but the CSS Profile requires more information than the FAFSA. Students are expected to use more of their assets (up to 20-25%) to pay for college …
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What is the SEOG?

By Allison WignallLast updated on March 12, 2025
Colleges sure do love their acronyms. While searching for federal financial aid you might have come across the term SEOG, but what does it mean? Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant The SEOG (or FSEOG) is a federal grant offered to college students to help pay their higher education expenses. It’s typically reserved for students with the …
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How To Get the Most Out of a Work Study Program

By Hilary CairnsLast updated on December 22, 2022
Earning money during college can be a helpful boost to finances, allowing you to pay off some of your tuition or other educational expenses. Federal work study is a great program to get into for this reason! However, some of the jobs may seem menial at first and may feel like a waste of time. …
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5 Mistakes That Cost You Financial Aid Money

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on March 6, 2025
Getting any financial aid can help make it easier for you to attend the college of your dreams without falling too deep into debt. With several financial aid opportunities that you can pursue, your goal should be to get the maximum financial aid that you are eligible for. Unfortunately, many students decrease the financial aid …
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Pros and Cons of Work Study Programs

By Allison WignallLast updated on March 5, 2025
While researching financial aid, and ways to pay for college, you might have come across the federal work study programs. They are great opportunities for students to earn experience and get paid for their work, but what about the drawbacks? Is work study right for you? Pro: Financial aid Work study programs pay their student …
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How to Use a Net Price Calculator 

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on December 22, 2022
Figuring out the actual cost of attending any particular college can be tricky. More often than not, students do not pay the published tuition fee amount or the ‘sticker price’. The actual amount they end up paying could be a little or a lot lower, depending on the scholarships and grants that they have been …
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Understand The Language of Financial Aid

By College Raptor StaffLast updated on March 12, 2025
One of the biggest obstacles students encounter in trying to get the financial aid due to them, is understanding the very formal and utterly complicated language used in describing the application process and many the terms and conditions. Many students, who are otherwise eligible for financial aid, end up not availing of a large portion …

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