Hello, I was ranked a finalist with Quest Bridge. Most of the schools I ranked want a CSS Business supplement if my family owns a business, which we do. Where can I find this supplement? I found one on the stanford website, however its from 2016-17, not 2017-18.
Also, all my ranked colleges want a copy or fax of my parent’s 2015 tax returns. That’s about 50 pages. Do they really want all 50 pages?
Thanks guys, I’ve contacted the schools of course, but want to know if any fellow finalists have discovered a solution.
I’m wondering the same thing about the supplement–I also could not find anything besides the same 2016-17 form in Stanford’s website. I’ve completed the CSS Profile and there was a section for “Parents’ Business (BA)”—so I’m not sure if that itself is the business supplement or if there is another form I’m supposed to complete.
As for the tax returns, I’m pretty sure there’s no helping it…lots of scanning and copying ahead for us. q_q
Just wondering–have you heard anything back about the CSS Business Supplement?
I just got off the phone with a partner school. If your parents own a business there is a business supplement form they file WITH their taxes. When your parents give you their 2015 filed taxes it should be already there. Look through to see if it is. It will have columns with deductions on it.
Hmm. The taxes my parents filed have a part called “Schedule C” with the title “Profit or Loss From Business”–I’m hoping that this is it (i.e. hopefully there are no more complicated forms to fill out, ahaha).
I have this, but I feel like it should be something like this:
https://financialaid.stanford.edu/pdf/Business_Farm_Supplement_16-17.pdf
After all, QuestBridge says “fill it out if you own a business” right?
@HailuMu
Which college did you speak on the phone with?
Ok, I found the form!
When I went to fill out the IDOC, there are a list of forms you need to complete or submit (like tax returns, W-2 documents and all that) inside of it for the colleges that require documents. One of them is the Business/Farm supplement. It’s 5 pages long…sighs but it’s the right one for 2017-2018 so I’m glad that I know where it is now.
@Versalia Ehhh there’s another one?! The information is about the same, but the formatting is different. Here’s the one I saw (let me know if the link works): https://idoc.collegeboard.org/IDOC/Content/CB/Forms/2018/Business%20Farm%20Supplement.pdf
I had the same question so I called the Stanford Financial Aid office. They said that they do not require the business supplement anymore, and to look on the actual school website (rather than the QuestBridge website) for a more accurate list of required forms. I don’t know how this is with the other schools you ranked, but I figured I would put in my 2 cents.
Good luck!