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I apply for Financial aid for a few semester already, How ever since i am 24 as a dependent student status the amount that i have received had become less and less. why was this happen, my income was not excessed the requirement and I am a full -time student. Why my brothers could get more than me??? and they both have the highther income than me???

2007-03-17 10:35:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Financial Aid

I am sorry for my misspelling, I am independent status.

2007-03-17 11:37:21 · update #1

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Judging from the way you wrote the question and the miss use of words, poor grammar and miss spelled words, they might not have been able to read the application correctly or they might have decided it was a waste of money to send you to college. At a minimum try using spell check.

2007-03-17 10:45:40 · answer #1 · answered by don n 6 · 0 1

Are you in the U.S.?

Federal (and, in many cases, state) financial aid funding continues to get cut. Amounts available for grants are diminishing while tuition continues to increase annually (and the funds are stretched more thinly, too, because there are more students than ever requesting, and qualifying for, aid).

Student loans always seem to be available, though. That never changes. The government doesn't seem to care how in debt we get pursuing higher education. It is mandated, however, that the amount a student can borrow is based on education level - like Freshmen are allowed to borrow a certain amount their first year of school, then it increases a little bit Sophomore year, and so on. It's almost like, the more serious you are about school, the more in debt the federal government allows you to become.

Did your brothers graduate already? If so, this would help explain the aid disparity. Financial aid used to be much better and covered a greater percentage of tuition. A lot has changed over recent years. I know tuition where I go has increased over 50% while grants have decreased or have been eliminated altogether, and I started school in 2001.

Another factor could be that you and your brothers attend(ed) different schools. Private schools offer their own grants, sometimes in addition to and sometimes in lieu of, federal and state grants. If you all went to public universities, then I don't know. Maybe they applied for and won scholarships.

Here's a site with which I registered and received tons of information on scholarships. It's like a part-time job to apply for all of them, but it pays better!

http://www.fastweb.com/

Good luck!

2007-03-17 17:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the reason, your considered an independent student now that you are 24...so, you only counting yourself of the fafsa. That means you have more to contribute towards your education than your brother who is probably being supported by your parents and there are more people included in his household (ie mom, dad, him, ect). As long as your supporting yourself and don't have kids or get married, there is a chance your aid (grants possibly) will continue to decrease b/c it is only your in your household. good luck

2007-03-17 18:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by sunshine23511 5 · 0 0

your grades have a lot to do with how much financial aid you recieve the better you do in school the more money they will give you to procede

2007-03-17 17:38:45 · answer #4 · answered by Morganna 5 · 0 1

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