I’m filling out the form for the UPenn financial aid form and I wanted to know what I should put down for “Estimated Resources”. If I just say 0 for all of them will they think that is suspicious? I don’t have any kind of college saving plan and I really don’t know how much my parents are going to help me with paying for school so I don’t really know what to put down.
Zero is fine.
What do they mean by estimated resources? Do they mean: family income? assets? home equity? parent savings?
Just because parents don’t have a college savings acct wouldn’t necessarily mean that there are zero resources in your household.
I understand that, but my parents have not really been putting money aside for my college education. They are just asking us to estimate how much money they think that we will can contribute to my education.
You are doing that form now? Are you a transfer student?