<p>Ive read books, magazines, websites, basically anything I could get my hands on to learn about how college aid works. Generally, the information is rather useless as its outdated or is not specific enough. The link above that sblake7 provides to amazon.com is to the book by the Princeton Review Paying for College Without Going Broke. Sblake7 is right in that the book can save you many times its cost in the long run, and it will answer most if not all of your financial aid questions. The author of the book updates it every year. Good luck.</p>