Does desirability affect financial aid?

[sybbie719]

<p>Muhlenberg is straight up with the fact that they do preferential packaging</p>

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Preferential packaging means, simply, that the students a college would most like to enroll will receive the most advantageous financial aid packages. Financial aid packages are made up of:</p>

<p>Grants. These may come from the college, the state, or the national government. They are “gifts,” or “free money” and do not have to be paid back.
Loans. You are entitled to some government loans, and there are others you or your parents must qualify for, but taking loans is always optional. Loans must be repaid, usually beginning six months after graduation from college.
Work. Colleges and the government both fund on-campus work programs. These programs are designed to help a student meet the total cost of attending college—over and above tuition and fees—in exchange for on-campus work.</p>

<p>[Muhlenberg</a> College| The real deal on financial aid](<a href=“http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/admissions/realdeal.html]Muhlenberg”>http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/admissions/realdeal.html)</p>

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