<p>No…qualifying for Pell does not mean that schools will meet your need. </p>
<p>A Pell grant is up to about $5550 per year (depending on EFC). For some schools, alll they can give is a Pell grant, loans, and work study. Most schools don’t have much money to give, so some can only give the little bit of federal aid.</p>
<p>If your child needs a lot of aid, then you’ll have to carefully select your schools.</p>
<p>1) Does your state give aid to low income students? (not all states give aid)</p>
<p>2) Does your child have high enough stats to get admitted into the limited number of schools that have a lot of aid to give?</p>
<p>3) Does your child have the stats to get big merit scholarships for stats?</p>
<p>4) Does your child have a non-custodial parent whose income will get considered by some schools?</p>