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Thank you We sneak in Financial aid some college is

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a very generous with financial aid that they meet all

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the demonstrated native of family and sometimes they offer a

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full one hundred percent scholarship for that student which covers

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four years Other colleges have a little bit less in

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the way of financial resource is And so in our

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opinion i think it's a good thing to apply to

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a big range of colleges and then see what kind

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of financial aid they offer you Yeah typically if you

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need financial aid the wave the actual application fee Thie

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application fees don't sound like much forty fifty sixty dollars

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But if you apply to ten or fifteen or twenty

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colleges those will start to add up So we recommend

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at least contact the college apply for a fee waiver

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and then by april first see what your financial aid

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offers are on You might be surprised that there are

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a couple of colleges who really really wants you and

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they're offering you a lot of money Some colleges will

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offer scholarships to students in financial need Apply to a

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large range of colleges so that you can compare the

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amount of financial aid being offered by each Typically if

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you need financial aid colleges will wave the application fee

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A single application fee may not seem substantial but they

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add up hundred bucks times twenty schools You know it's

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a lot Contact your prospective college to apply for a 00:01:29.763 --> [endTime] fee waiver Oh yeah

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