Building Aid Generosity and Affordability into Your School List

Affordability and cost play a part in the college selection process for most families, whether considering need-based aid or merit-based scholarships. The best time to build in affordability and ensure the greatest financial aid opportunities is when building your list. Colleges offer data about their award practices and tools to calculate estimated offers. You can use these to understand what youÕll be expected to pay for each college before applying. Time spent on this effort in junior year has enormous returns come senior spring. Join this workshop to learn how to evaluate collegesÕ generosity for need-based aid and merit scholarships and calculate the prices youÕll be expected to pay the colleges on your list. YouÕll get guidance on the resources and tools available to evaluate colleges on their generosity to your student.