Percent of Student Income Colleges Expect

Paying for College
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<p>Quick question. </p>

<p>My daughter is filling out an application for a scholarship that asks the dollar amount SHE will be expected to pay. Since the financial aid packages she has received for her first two years didn't specifically break that number out, how do I help her figure this amount out? I tried searching for the answer, but had no luck. Is it generally a specific percentage of her income?</p>

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<p>Generally at least summer earnings, which can be around $2,000-$3,000.</p>

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<p>Well, did she have work study? If so, that’s a student contribution.</p>

<p>Emk4 is right. Schools often expect a summer work contribution of about $2k, so you can use that number. </p>

<p>Don’t know if it would be ok to also include any student loan amounts since those are “self help”.</p>