I heard around school that you can get more financial aid if youre a girl, which makes me happy, but is this true? It seems a little unfair that colleges would discriminate like that.

We definitely don't have enough money to pay for the colleges I want to go to and im afraid that if I need financial aid, they wont want to let me in… has anyone had any experience with this...

My friends tell me that my son's financial aid will increase when my daughter starts attending school, but I've not been able to find any evidence for this anywhere online. Can anyone from thi...

How does interest work for student loans? I'm sure they don't expect us to begin repaying them while our daughter is still in school, but I assume interest will still accrue during those perio...

Will financial aid cover the extra expenses for study abroad?

In general, how much of college costs can we expect to be covered by financial aid (grants, loans, etc.)?

We're sending our twins off to school this year, and they want to go to the same school (surprise!) What should I expect from the financial aid department, given that they will both need some kind...

It seems that with the large differences in tuition prices, we can expect pretty large differences in financial aid packages. Is this reasonable? Or does every school offer a similar package, making t...

Does the strength of my application bear on financial aid at all? In other words, can I expect more financial aid with a higher GPA or more extracurriculars, or are these things not related?

How does being a “commuter student” affect financial aid? It means I don't have to pay for room and board, but that would make my aid go down, right?