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Private School Financial Aid: Are We Eligible?
Our new infographic, Can We Afford Private School? (see below) provides a quick look at where your family might fit in the private school financial aid equation. In partnering with School and Student Services By NAIS (SSS), we’ve taken the regional cost of living adjustments and data used by SSS to calculate estimated family contributions toward tuition and [...]
Read MoreAnnouncing a Private School Financial Aid E-book
I’m thrilled to announce Understanding Private School Financial Aid, our newest FREE e-book authored by AdmissionsQuest’s Brian Fisher!
Read MorePlanning Your Private School Financial Aid Application: Hear from a Director!
We’ve written much about boarding school financial aid over the years. The crux of all our pieces being: financial aid is process, not a recipe. Hence we offer maps and suggestions about planning and working through a process. Here’s an example from our e-book “Mastering the Private School Admission Process:” Important notes about the FA [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Affordability and Financial Aid in the News
Troy Onink author of the “College Crossroads” blog at Forbes.com posted a conversation (Affordability of Independent Day and Boarding Schools) with Mark Mitchell, Vice President for School Information Services at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). In his NAIS capacities Mitchell heads School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS). Many readers are familiar [...]
Read MoreBoarding School Waiting List & Financial Aid Questions
“We’ve been wait listed; is there anything we can/should do? And, did I mention that we also need financial aid?” We’ve been individually replying to variations of these two questions several times a day for the last few weeks. However, I suspect that readers from whom we haven’t heard might benefit from having our suggestions [...]
Read MoreHolidays Are A Good Time to Work On Private School Applications
With the break from school and the slower routine, the end of year holidays provide a great time to make sure your ducks are in a row with respect to the private school application process. This is an overview of where you might expect to be if you’re on an ideal application calendar. If you’re [...]
Read MoreThoughts on the Opening of the Boarding School Financial Aid Season
The boarding school financial process officially kicked off this past Saturday (11/15) with the opening of the 2009-2010 PFS or Personal Financial Statement completion window. The PFS- the information or form gathered and processed by School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS)- is used to report family financial information to member schools. The processing [...]
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