Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 20:20     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
No.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 20:19     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
No you will no qualify.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 20:18     Subject: Re:High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, both of my kids are getting a small amount of merit aid and both schools require it for their scholarships.


Thanks - did the schools let you know it was needed? Or was it obvious on their websites? Again, I called and whoever was answering the phones (probably a work study student) didn't seem to know.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 20:14     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
We did not fill it out with either of our kids, got merit aid offers for both.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:57     Subject: Re:High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
Yes, both of my kids are getting a small amount of merit aid and both schools require it for their scholarships.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:54     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
We are below your dollar threshold but still don’t qualify for aid at almost all schools
We filled both out. Neither was particularly onerous. We expect 0.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:45     Subject: Re:High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
We filled out the CSS for a couple of schools that use it for merit aid.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:44     Subject: Re:High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
No. Got merit offers everywhere.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:35     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
We filled out the FAFSA and CSS on the advice of the college counselor- for possible merit
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:32     Subject: Re:High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
No
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:28     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
No, waste of time if you don’t need aid.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:26     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
Similar income, surprised that we needed to submit for possible merit. We filled out the CSS and submitted to several schools that asked for it. The FAFSA was only required at one school - Fordham - for NMSF scholarship.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:22     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
Did not.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:20     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
We did not fill out either for either kid.
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2024 19:06     Subject: High income families - did you fill out/send the FAFSA and CSS?
Apologies if this has been covered before. We do not qualify for need based aid (I realize this is a nice problem to have). But DS has applied for a few merit scholarships. I called the schools in question and they seemed to have no idea. Like couldn't answer my questions. Anyone else have a HHI income $400k+ - what did you do?