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Article #123: More About Financial Aid for College Education

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Though cost of education in the US You can also submit your application
private colleges is high, many students through your school that acts as the U.S.
can cut the cost by half or even more. Department of Education's agent. Grants
This has been made possible through are awarded based on your financial
financial aids made available to students requirement. Since there are chances that
by the Federal government as well as your application for grant is rejected,
private financial institutions. The you must have a back up plan for
amount available as financial aid depends yourself. This means to say that you must
on many factors. Though maximum share of not apply to one or two private colleges
the financial aid is borne by the Federal but also apply to other colleges where
government, the private financial education cost comparatively less.
institutions' share is also not Another category of financial aid is the
negligible. work-study programs. In such a scheme you
There are four types of Federal Grants will have to work for a set number of
available: Federal Pell Grant, Federal hours for the school or approved
Supplemental Educational Opportunity public-service related company. This way
Grant, Academic Competitiveness Grant, you can earn as well. What you earn is
and National SMART Grant. While the first yours. You will be paid on an hourly
two grants have been there for quite basis. Even for such programs, you have
long, the last two types of grants are fill out the FAFSA form.
relatively new. Yet another category of Federal financial
The annual award limit is up to $4,000 at aid comes in the form of Federal Perkins
the time of getting this information. To Loans.
avail these grants you are required to These loans must be repaid. However, the
fill out the Free Application for Federal interest rate is fixed as low a 5
Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The easiest and percent. It is available to students with
most convenient way of doing this is by exceptional financial requirement. The
visiting the FAFSA website. There is less loan may go up to $4,000 annually for
chance of rejection as incomplete and undergraduate students. For availing this
incorrect forms are automatically not loan, you again have fill out a FAFSA
accepted on the web. In other words, you form. No original fee is charged on such
have to necessarily fill out all columns loans. You must repay this loan to your
only then your application is accepted on school.
the web.






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