<p>Hiya</p>
<p>The son of a friend of mine has just accepted a place at BGSU for sports management. She told me that they have given her son a free ride- they have given him 100% financial aid. Could this be possible? I thought colleges never give 100%? I am trying to find out since my son is interested in applying but due to my financial situation he is applying to a state school. (We both live in NJ so are out-of-state.)</p>
<p>Does BGSU require the FAFSA and the CSS, or just one? I'm divorced and my friend tells me they won't take my ex's income into account, even though he is supposed to pay child support. </p>
<p>Thanks. :) Hope someone can help :)</p>
<p>The son of a friend of mine has just accepted a place at BGSU for sports management. She told me that they have given her son a free ride- they have given him 100% financial aid. Could this be possible? I</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, BGSU has some large merit scholarships…perhaps that what this student got along with some fed aid. </p>
<p>BGSU has a scholarship calculator…
<a href=“Scholarships & Financial Aid”>Scholarships & Financial Aid;
<p>Is your friend OOS as well? If so, I doubt that student was given 100% need based aid to an OOS public. He may have gotten a combo of a merit scholarship, Pell grant, work-study and/or student loan.</p>
<p>Look to see what the school requires…I’m guessing only FAFSA.</p>
<p>Most FAFSA only schools do NOT meet need. Most OOS publics give POOR need-based aid…they charge high OOS costs for a reason…they’re not going to just cover those high costs with need-based aid…otherwise, why charge the high rates at all.</p>
<p>If this is a close friend, can you ask what specifically the aid included? Merit scholarship? Pell Grant? Work-study? Loans? what? Does the student have strong stats? (GPA and test scores)?</p>
<p>Also, some people mistakenly call a tuition scholarship a “free ride”…when it’s not. It just covers tuition. The family still has to pay for room, board, books, and fees.</p>
<p>BGSU has really good merit, and I believe they have good-neighbor in-state tuition for some OOS students (depends on state). I know a couple kids from MI who went to BGSU because it was very affordable.</p>
<p>I would be skeptical of a “full ride” from just a need-based perspective. I worked at a state school, and I can’t imagine that BGSU does this, even for 0 EFC. UMich has a great need based program for very low EFC in-state students, but they use Profile to make sure the 0 EFC is “really” a 0 EFC (that is, if you have write offs that net the 0 EFC, it might not stay that way for UM’s purposes!).</p>
<p>I also guess it would be a combination of grants/scholarships and financial aid if they are not paying anything aka “free ride.” I put 4.0 and a perfect ACT (36) into the calculator and that alone would not cover out of state tuition, fees, room and board…alot of it but not quite all for an out of state kid. Still a pretty good deal for your friend’s son. It’s a FAFSA only school.</p>