Biggest Lies Colleges Tell You

[ucbalumnus]

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@205mom

Point of this story? “Meeting needs” is a straight forward process at some universities, but not all. You don’t know until it’s on the table.

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<p>“Meet full need” is a rather vague promise, since colleges that promise that tend to have their own definition of “need” (as opposed to just using the FAFSA definition) and have varying ideas of what the student contribution should be. See the examples in the following linked thread, where two different “meet full need” schools may give net prices that differ by nearly $40,000 in one of the examples:</p>

<p><a href=“"Meet full need" schools can vary significantly in their net prices. - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1675058-meet-full-need-schools-can-vary-significantly-in-their-net-prices-p1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;