My Child Needs Your Help! Where Can I Find What Percent of Need A College Will Meet?

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<p>My child's 1st choice college ended up being an Institutional Methodology college in Federal Methodology's clothing...</p>

<p>so we're back to the drawing board at the very last minute trying to find a couple of good options to add to the one other college child's been accepted to and which is decently affordable (an FM school).</p>

<p>My question is this...where can I find which schools are FM colleges and what percent of need they have been known to meet? and with what type of aid? Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated, because the financial clock is ticking...and that will determine where my dear child will go to school in the fall.</p>

<p>My child has so many specialized needs that alone is keeping me tied to the computer day and night.</p>

<p>Thank you all so much! Sage44</p>

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<p>Sage44, I want so much to help (because I can so see myself where you are) but I keep thinking we're failing you. Did any of the schools recommended by me or others on the other thread have any appeal?</p>

<p>To answer your specific Q , you can get this info for free from collegeboard for every college reporting the data. <a href="http://www.collegeboard.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.collegeboard.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This is a sample for St. Andrews in N.C. </p>

<p>Financial Aid Statistics
Full-time freshman enrollment: 222
Number who applied for need-based aid: 171
Number who were judged to have need: 144
Number who were offered aid: 144
Number who had full need met: 28
Average percent of need met: 72%
Average financial aid package: $12,747
Average indebtedness at graduation: $13,735
Average need-based loan: $2,311
Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $10,006
Average non-need based aid: $9,411 </p>

<p>There is also info available from the Common data sets of each school that is far more accurate . I would google "St. Andrews Presbyterian College+common data set" and see what I hit. Sometimes on the search function on the college's .edu website you can put in "common data set" or "CDS" and find it that way . Good luck!</p>

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<p>The Common Data Sets are a treasure trove of information about colleges, including real data on need and non-need based financial aid. Unfortunately, not all colleges post their Common Data Sets on the web. Looking for the CDS is probably best if you've already narrowed your list down to a few colleges, while looking at more comprehensive data like that on collegeboard is probably better for the initial screening.</p>

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<p>Have you checked the US News Ultimate College Guide that's on-line? The $15 one pays to use it until about Aug. is well worth it because it provides all sorts of info including details about financial aid.</p>

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<p>Thank each of you for all your help. I feel much better armed to approach the last-minute college search tasks ahead.</p>

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<p>There is a CC thread Link to the common data sets. Consider it some one stop shopping</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76444%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=76444&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>hope this helps</p>

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<p>Please forgive me for asking but why is SAGE 44 looking to avoid a IM school ? Is it because of all the hassles & early application date with the Profile form ???</p>

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<p>Sage44's family has apparently has had a difficult financial life. They've had prolonged periods of unemployment and lots of worries with mortgage payments. So I think when they inherited some money, they tried to pay down their mortgage so they didn't have to worry so much. The IM college immediately wanted them to tap into the equity and take out a loan...again taking away their security. I think they planned to contribute a lot of their freed up income, but they didn't want to worry about the mortgage, because I seem to remember they lost their house once because of unemployment, or something like that. It was a legitimate reason. That's why they are gun shy of IM colleges. Is that right, Sage?</p>

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<p>I wonder if colleges that specialize in Homeschooled kids would have the special touch you need for your college -bound child ??? Isn't there a homeschooled list of colleges on that discussion forum ???</p>

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<p>easydoesitmom -</p>

<p>What's a college that specializes in homeschooled kids?</p>

<p>My child needs good academic support and some disability support for ADD, processing speed, and executive function issues. Many colleges offer varying degrees of that.</p>

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<p>the college that specializes in ADD kids is Landmark- however it is quite expensive
There are lots of schools that welcome homeschooled students,but I don't know of any that specializes in them
<a href="http://learninfreedom.org/colleges_4_hmsc.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://learninfreedom.org/colleges_4_hmsc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.landmark.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.landmark.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I haven't seen a list of colleges in the homeschool forum. I have seen elsewhere a list of colleges that have accepted homeschoolers, but that is essentially every college. I've also seen places identified as "homeschool friendly," but this is all about admissions policies, not academics. There is one school started by a fundamentalist homeschooling advocate in Virginia, but I don't think it is just for homeschoolers. (But I don't really know -- I wasn't that kind of homeschooler and so didn't hang out on those homeschooling boards and with those groups.)</p>

<p>Homeschooled kids don't really need any special support in college.</p>

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<p>On second thoughts ,you all are right that a homeschooled kid would probably be very independent and not in need of special services .</p>