Visiting for Dollars
Yes, that's right, schools will pay you to visit them.
Sortof.
Two examples:
Florida Institute of Technology. If you have visited their campus and you get accepted and you decide to go there, they'll knock $500 off the bill. (There's also an alumni scholarship, a "fill out the FAFSA early" award, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Plus, you get to study in Melbourne, Florida.)
University of Minnesota-Morris. Where is Morris? Find out, visit the campus and they will reimburse your travel costs. You don't have to end up going there.
There are scores more -- we don't want to try to reinvent the wheel. You can check out the site from ScholarshipExperts to be fully informed.
What can you learn from this?
1 - ASK. Ask if there's any program you should know about before you visit the campus, such as one that would help out with your travel to visit the campus. Don't be shy.
2 - TALK to professors, financial aid folks, anyone that might be able to tell you if there's something you're missing -- like a scholarship you wouldn't know about.
3 - FILL OUT THE FORM. The FAFSA is what we're talking about, and the mistake many families make is thinking that they make too much money. (How much is too much? Let's put it this way...families who are pulling in six figures aren't automatically disqualified from aid.) And you may as well ask Mom and Dad to do it during tax season, as many schools have deadlines (March 1, March 15, varies by school) to be eligible for the most aid.
Sortof.
Two examples:
Florida Institute of Technology. If you have visited their campus and you get accepted and you decide to go there, they'll knock $500 off the bill. (There's also an alumni scholarship, a "fill out the FAFSA early" award, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Plus, you get to study in Melbourne, Florida.)
University of Minnesota-Morris. Where is Morris? Find out, visit the campus and they will reimburse your travel costs. You don't have to end up going there.
There are scores more -- we don't want to try to reinvent the wheel. You can check out the site from ScholarshipExperts to be fully informed.
What can you learn from this?
1 - ASK. Ask if there's any program you should know about before you visit the campus, such as one that would help out with your travel to visit the campus. Don't be shy.
2 - TALK to professors, financial aid folks, anyone that might be able to tell you if there's something you're missing -- like a scholarship you wouldn't know about.
3 - FILL OUT THE FORM. The FAFSA is what we're talking about, and the mistake many families make is thinking that they make too much money. (How much is too much? Let's put it this way...families who are pulling in six figures aren't automatically disqualified from aid.) And you may as well ask Mom and Dad to do it during tax season, as many schools have deadlines (March 1, March 15, varies by school) to be eligible for the most aid.
posted by Dave Van de Walle at
7:26 AM
1 Comments:
How intriguing. I wonder if there are very many more programs out there like this (and where one would find them.
Tom Nixon
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