All Questions Money: Financial Aid

Soon, you'll start to receive your financial aid reports from various colleges and universities. A reminder that May 1st  the national deadline to pay your acceptance fee (the fee to reserve your spot at a college or university). 

As you start to open up the reports don't panic. It's great news if you have secured enough grants, scholarships etcetera to pay for school, but please don't panic. 

You can turn down all offers and/or  reapply the following year. It is called Gap Year- making sure to take no college classes that may affect admissions or financial aid decisions, 

You can ask the school for more money. More than likely they will not be able to grant more money, but there are exceptions. 

Apply like crazy for scholarships. This is where LES comes in. Follow us and stay engaged with us as we hold workshops to help you understand what all this financial aid jargon means and how you can best position yourself financially. 


Whatever path you choose, please choose wisely. As we always say: college is an investment of your time, talents and resources (money just being one of them.)