<p>Do they want to know the cost of the mmotor vehicles as of today? the purchase price? their value if they were to be sold today? </p>
<p>For the number of vehicles reported, itemize for each the make, model, year, whether it is leased or purchased, the cost, and the date of purchase or lease. Identify which, if any, is the student's. </p>
<p>also, how do i asses the value of accident disability insurance? should i include that as life insurance?</p>
<p>Enter the cash value (not the death benefit or surrender value) of your parents' life insurance, including Permanent, Whole, Ordinary, Universal, and Single Premium policies. If your parents have no life insurance or ONLY Term Life Insurance, enter "0."</p>
<p>From what you’ve posted, it looks like the college is asking for the original cost of the car, not its value as of today. It seems like its current value would be more relevant, but unless it asks for current value, you should just respond to the question (you can get current value from kbb.com).</p>
<p>Accident disability insurance isn’t the same as life insurance; I wouldn’t report it.</p>
<p>“Cost” means amount paid, or purchase price. They want to know if the reason you need FA is because you spent all your money on a Maserati.</p>
<p>Omit the disability insurance. They’re looking for the asset value of the policy, which is why they include whole life, but exclude term. Disability insurance isn’t an asset.</p>
<p>My cousin says he wasn’t asked about cars on his CSS form. My neighbor says she was asked how much her family spent on vacation. I only filled out the FAFSA forms so I was taken aback that the CSS form had pretty detailed questions - wow! </p>
<p>Are all the CSS forms different? My neighbor says she was not asked about cars - or she doesn’t remember being asked about cars.</p>
<p>The CSS/Profile has many questions for specific colleges. That is, some colleges want more information than others. Depending on which you checked off when you started, you will be asked additional questions. They are automatically generated in response to the colleges you list.</p>
<p>Yeah, the SQ questions are the ones asked by specific colleges so what you see in that section will vary depending on which schools you’re applying to. For us, we are not asked about cars or insurance policies, but we are asked about credit card debt interestingly.</p>
<p>Colleges ask these questions, but like all questions on the CSS Profile, you don’t really know what they do with the answers or how exactly the answers are used in calculating your financial aid award.</p>