What determines how much financial aid you get?

<p>*my counselor said that Washington university st louis gives a lot of aid( my intended major is something major in business mixed with math/physics/engineering something of the sort)</p>

<p>he gets a lot of money from rent and stuff i think…*</p>

<p>WUStL is also a reach for you.</p>

<p>Who gets rent? Your dad? From what? does he own rentals? If so, then his income isn’t $15k per year. What is the total family income…including the rentals?</p>

<p>Also…the rentals are ASSETS. That will also negatively affect your aid.</p>

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<p>Wow, just wow. Good luck, but I suspect that in the spring we’ll see some posts from you that you don’t have any good affordable choices because those top schools and maybe the FAFSA schools will figure out that your family’s income (and assets) is a lot higher than what is being claimed, and you didn’t get the aid you expected. </p>

<p>Hmmm…what’s the penalty for free lunch fraud???</p>