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<p>what do you wany to know??? Mt daughter was given a Perkins Loan by one school…but not another. She had a subsidized loan at one school and an unsubsidized at another. Her school grant (need based) was $9000 at one school and $6000 at another. Her brother, who was in college at the same time had a merit scholarship but only $250 in need based grant aid…and his stafford loan was half subsidized and half not.</p>
<p>Neither of their schools guaranteed to meet full need…and they didn’t.</p>
<p>Grant money at both of their schools was institutional money. That is the way it is at a LOT of universities. Institutional money is awarded at the college’s discretion.</p>
<p>Do you have two kids at two different colleges with two different need based packages? That is NOT unusual…especially if the colleges use the Profile to consider need based aid. Schools can use the information on the Profile or their own financial aid form…in any way they choose. Home equity is also a variable that is not the same from school to school. Some schools don’t count it at all, some cap it, and some count a higher percentage of it than others. Clearly there is a difference here that would affect the total amount of the financial aid package.</p>