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maglialoro wrote:

Important note: Students who are awarded GW Law merit-based scholarships do not have financial need and are not eligible for GW Law need-based grants. Merit award recipients who require additional funds may be awarded student loans only.

A concern of mine is once I fill out GW fin aid form, have I totally just signed away any chance of merit aid (even though it is very unlikely to get some anyway)?

narayan1121 wrote:

maglialoro wrote:

Important note: Students who are awarded GW Law merit-based scholarships do not have financial need and are not eligible for GW Law need-based grants. Merit award recipients who require additional funds may be awarded student loans only.

A concern of mine is once I fill out GW fin aid form, have I totally just signed away any chance of merit aid (even though it is very unlikely to get some anyway)?

I called and spoke to the Financial Aid office. I was told that if there wasn't a merit-based aid offer in your acceptance packet, then there is no merit-based financial aid for you....

wonkymonkey wrote:I was told the same thing and my LSAT and GPA are in their 75th or above range.

Flips88 wrote:

wonkymonkey wrote:I was told the same thing and my LSAT and GPA are in their 75th or above range.

As Cee Lo says:

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Puttanesca wrote:Has anyone who went complete by early December not heard yet? I applied on 11/24, went complete on 12/01, and haven't heard a thing. By the looks of LSN, pretty much everyone who went complete around the time that I did has gotten a decision. Don't know what's up with that.

danparkuss wrote:Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

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danparkuss wrote:Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

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danparkuss wrote:via email. strange because their financial aid office contact me stating:
"Congratulations on your admission and welcome to the GW Law School. I am your assigned financial aid counselor, who will guide you through the GW Law financial aid process."

with a entire process for FAFSA.

at first i didnt know what to think of this email but upon some research, it seems this happens.
ill update once the packet arrives.

Flips88 wrote:

danparkuss wrote:via email. strange because their financial aid office contact me stating:
"Congratulations on your admission and welcome to the GW Law School. I am your assigned financial aid counselor, who will guide you through the GW Law financial aid process."

with a entire process for FAFSA.

at first i didnt know what to think of this email but upon some research, it seems this happens.
ill update once the packet arrives.

Rearrange these words into coherent sentences please

bostonlawchick wrote:

danparkuss wrote:Submitted 1/12 -> Went complete 1/19 -> In 2/15

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Same numbers, submitted mid December, complete early january... Not a peep. Grr.

LttleBlakDress wrote:

Gotti wrote:

LttleBlakDress wrote:

Flips88 wrote:I don't think so. Also, it's important to note that for GW, you must provide parental info for financial aid from GW, which is particularly annoying. So sometime before next Wednesday I have to add parental info to the FAFSA.

Yeah, I'm seriously considering withdrawing for this reason, because it means all the other schools will consider my parents info, which could make a huge difference in the aid I get at the other schools that receive the fafsa. Also did anyone find it ridiculous that the financial aid director referred to herself as "Mrs.?" Maybe that's the California in me but seriously?

Wait no...fill out the schools that DON'T require parental info on your FAFSA first and submit that non-parental FAFSA to those schools, then go back and remove all those schools that don't require parent info and add the ones that do require it and resubmit. This way, the schools that don't require parent info won't see parent info and the schools that do will see it. But it's the same FAFSA...you're just submitting it twice to different people

This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Gotti wrote:

LttleBlakDress wrote:This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

JJDancer wrote:

Gotti wrote:

LttleBlakDress wrote:This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

But then the nonparental info school that I remove won't get my updated 2010 info, right?
Since the first Fafsa I plan on submitting is 2009 based estimates...?

Gotti wrote:

JJDancer wrote:

Gotti wrote:

LttleBlakDress wrote:This isn't how it works...I checked with the Fafsa people. They submit corrections (added parental info) to all the schools you have ever listed, not just the ones listed when you make the corrections.

Hey guys I just talked to FAFSA...just wanted to let you know that this isn't true.

They told me that once the schools are removed from your list, they do not get updated with new information

But then the nonparental info school that I remove won't get my updated 2010 info, right?
Since the first Fafsa I plan on submitting is 2009 based estimates...?

Correct. If you want schools to get info, they have to be on the school list when you submit

chritabug wrote:In via email. Applied 1/20, complete 2/1.