Essays & Fin Aid *urgent*

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<p>Hey y'all !</p>

<p>I want to send my stuff by today and post office closes in a few hours - thus it's kinda urgent.</p>

<p>1) Do you guys put your names under your essays ? I'm a bit worried that they could get lost, considering that 900 Apps with 1800 essays are flying around in Princeton (I'm sending it all together).</p>

<p>2) The Princeton Fin Aid forms ask you, how much your parents are willing to pay for college in the next year ? Now, my parents are willing to pay everything, but they would be happier if they don't have to. The Princeton book says that our income group receives ~ 20 - 30k of fin aid ? Thus, what should I put. My father don't want to look as if he could not afford it, but we don't want to spoil our chances for fin aid. Any recs ?</p>

<p>Thx, David</p>

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<li><p>I would put your name and SSN on the top of each page of your essay. Guarantees it wont get lost.</p></li>
<li><p>The FAQ says that it has very little bearing on your end results, so put the actual amount they would hope to pay. I had trouble with that too.</p></li>
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<p>1) Yeah that's sort of what I actually did. Don't have a SSN (I'm an international) but put my name and birthdate on it.</p>

<p>2) Thanks for the advice. Gonna tell my father...</p>