High Income and Need Based Aid Forum

[GoingForGold]

So, NU for instance, says that any money granted is combination of need and merit. I am still looking up the rest of my schools.

I am going to be showing an income of 150k+. Am I automatically going to be disregarded?

[Tiago Splitter]

So, NU for instance, says that any money granted is combination of need and merit. I am still looking up the rest of my schools.

I am going to be showing an income of 150k+. Am I automatically going to be disregarded?

No. The "need/merit" combo awards seem to be based mostly on numbers.

[Mal Reynolds]

You're not getting need based aid. But then again almost no one does. Why the hell would you care anyway? Looking for a handout or something? Spend the money you've saved.

[GoingForGold]

You're not getting need based aid. But then again almost no one does. Why the hell would you care anyway? Looking for a handout or something? Spend the money you've saved.

Uhh...no. I am about as hardcore libertarian capitalist as you can get.

Reread my question. I prefaced, all aid is a combination of merit/need. I read that to mean, for any given dollar, some percentage of it is awarded based upon need and the rest is based upon merit. So, again, my question was would I automatically be disqualified from any given dollar due to a perceived lack of need. Put another way, the question could be, how much does 'need' contribute to that percentage versus 'merit'?

[Davidbentley]

The "need/merit" combo awards seem to be based mostly on numbers.

+1. Numbers rule. They are trying to bribe you to attend.