New here- What is held against you when applying for Financial AID ?

<p>I accually ordered this book yesterday , it is called "straight talk for paying for college". Below is a link to amazon to read reviews. It seemed like a good one also. I may order another and another by the time he accually goes to college, I have 3 years to think about this. When do you start applying, when they are a Senior- you can't do it earlier than that , can you? </p>

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