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<p>I’m sure that they do. But, again, that does not matter for fall '11, which is based on CY2010 (cash) income. If and when the SSA payments do stop, the ‘need’ will increase for the following year. Until then, income in CY 2010 is available for college expenses for the 2011/12 school year.</p>
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<p>Why did the daughter turn down the other schools’ admissions offers before comparing all financial aid packages?</p>
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<p>Does “IRA” mean Individual Retirement Account?</p>
<p>chaos - I mentioned before that I doubt she applied to those full offer schools. A NMSF gets multiple “guaranteed offers” of full rides in the mail as long you are a NMF. Since she applied EA to a school that she thought she could afford, she probably would not apply to those “full-ride” schools. I use that terminology for my NMF D even though she never applied to those schools.</p>
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<p>I mean, it’s a small point, and we don’t know the OP’s situation … but my NMF son “ignored” multiple free-ride offers, but didn’t “turn down” a single one. </p>
<p>If the OP is being loose in the use of language (saying “turned down” when she means “never applied”) - then it may be that she is equally loose in what she told the college finaid reps over the phone months ago… and for all we know, somewhat loose in what she’s telling us. </p>
<p>I’m not trying to moralize here, just pointing out that it’s hard to give accurate advice when there’s enough imprecision in the use of language to leave a lot of wiggle room as to the true facts of the situation. </p>
<p>I do think OP is probably already traveling and we probably won’t hear back from her until the end of the month.</p>
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<p>Oh I see, GTalum. </p>
<p>Can someone please elaborate on how they know for a fact that the university in question (Fairfielder’s daughter’s first choice school) is in fact Georgetown University? I looked at all of Fairfielder’s posts in this thread and no where in any of her posts does she explicitly say that the university in question is in fact Georgetown University. In pretty much all of Fairfielder’s posts in this thread so far, she redacted her daughter’s full legal name and the university in question. So how did everyone know for a fact that the university in question is in fact Georgetown University? Did they PM Fairfielder and asked her? Did they use the search function to search up her old posts and threads? I used the search function too and found this thread:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgetown-university/1089918-georgetown-students-seem-more-involved.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgetown-university/1089918-georgetown-students-seem-more-involved.html</a></p>
<p>but finding this thread isn’t really enough information to deduce that the university in question is in fact Georgetown University. Did Fairfielder eventually admit that the university in question was in fact Georgetown University? If so, what post has she admitted this information in? I am following this thread very closely, since it seems serious. It has not even been 96 hours yet and this thread has already received 224 posts and 11636 views.</p>
<p>I am on post #81 right now and I plan on reading all 225 posts by 11 PM PST. I will offer information and advice after I read through the entire thread.</p>
<p>She has a 12/13 post where she says her D was accepted EA to Georgetown. In posts on this thread others have labeled the school as Georgetown and she has not corrected them. She’s talking about a prestigious university - accepted EA - and her daughter is interested in foreign service and we know D was accepted at Georgetown. I think that while the OP has not come out and said “Yes, it is Georgetown” - we all know that is the university in question.</p>
<p>The EA acceptance was from G’town according to OTHER threads that Fairfielder started or wrote on. Her daughter got accepted EA to Georgetown and has the intention of having a career in the foreign service or perhap at the UN according to past posts on other threads.</p>
<p>In 2009 when Fairfielder posed the same questions about her unusual financial aid situation, she received much the same advice she is receiving now. Look for schools with good merit aid, figure out how to deal with the asset situation, apply to financial safety schools too. In one post she actually mentioned looking for schools with merit aid. I wonder if she actually did that.</p>
<p>The Simplified Needs Test was also mentioned. I’m wondering if she might have applied for and received eligibility for free/reduced lunch. If so, with her income, I believe she might have been eligible for simplified needs on the FAFSA which could explain the low FAFSA EFC. Her assets would not have been counted. HOWEVER, as we all know…the Profile schools do NOT have a simplified needs test. Perhaps this is where the disparity is coming from.</p>
<p>"She has National Merit status and we turned down full scholarships to several colleges because I thought we could afford this school. "</p>
<p>So it sounds like she took that advice from 2009 but because of what the financial aid office told her on the phone they turned those down.</p>
<p>wow . . turned down full scholarships w/o a formal financial aid offer in hand . . . that’s harsh.</p>
<p>Key-o-lei: I am afraid a word other than “harsh” comes to mind…</p>
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<p>What does “rcvd” mean? Does it mean “received”? Why hasn’t Fairfielder posted in this thread today again? Is she now in Europe (Italy)?</p>
<p>Stiil, 32K (minus whatever taxes) 9K EFC to GT = 21K to live on.</p>
<p>And this is not factoring in the D’s textbooks, travels, clothing, and all the extra stuff that a small monthly allowance should cover.</p>
<p>Even 9K is a big EFC for this income.</p>
<p>I believe the daughter should go to community college for 2 years and then transfer to a 4 year college.</p>
<p>Mom4college–I think the factor georgetown is considering is that $300,000 investment vehicle which fairfielder has likely not shielded as retirement savings, so GT considers it fair game, as pointed out by an earlier poster.</p>
<p>Is there a reason why Fairfielder has redacted the name of her daughter’s university in her first few posts? If people can search other people’s posts, then why not just be straight up and say the university in question at the very beginning? Why put the people who are trying to help her out (which is including me) through a lot of trouble and force them to search for her post history in order to give her targeted information? Has the daughter been fully notified about the financial information or is Fairfielder still in Europe? How has the daughter responded to the community college option?</p>
<p>chaospaladin–We can’t answer your questions. All we know is what has been revealed in this thread and in Fairfielder’s other posts–read it all, and you’ll know as much as anyone else.</p>
<p>Fairfielder should ask Georgetown University for an extension to make a decision. I’ll offer some advice once I read this thread more.</p>
<p>The OP and D have until May 1st so figure things out…</p>
<p>Thanks, chaospaladin, for the continual updates on how far you’ve read in this thread and when you plan to offer advice. If you have questions, address them to Fairfielder as opposed to asking us about Fairfielder’s motives, whereabouts, daughter’s reaction, etc., since we don’t know any more than you do.</p>
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<p>All right.</p>
<p>Questions for Fairfielder:</p>
<p>What basis has the GU FAO used to justify a parental contribution from $9,000 to $51,000?</p>