Comments on: Northwestern University adjusts their aid policy http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-financial-aid/northwestern-university-adjusts-their-aid-policy/ Trying to find the right college for you? Don't have adequate college admissions counseling available at your school? Looking for news (and some ramblings) about the whole college search process? You have come to the right place. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:47:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: College Admissions Partners http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-financial-aid/northwestern-university-adjusts-their-aid-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-81 College Admissions Partners Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:40:00 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/blog/northwestern-university-adjusts-their-aid-policy/#comment-81 Rarely will a college get worse in it's aid just because it has improved the aid for lower income students. If your income and assets are similar to what you had previously, I would guess that Northwestern will give you similar aid. I will note, however, that most colleges will gradually increase the amount of the loan portion of the package so you might expect that the loans will be greater next year. <br/><br/>Good luck and I hope your aid is comparable to last year. Rarely will a college get worse in it’s aid just because it has improved the aid for lower income students. If your income and assets are similar to what you had previously, I would guess that Northwestern will give you similar aid. I will note, however, that most colleges will gradually increase the amount of the loan portion of the package so you might expect that the loans will be greater next year.

Good luck and I hope your aid is comparable to last year.

]]> By: In doubt in Lake Zurich http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-financial-aid/northwestern-university-adjusts-their-aid-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-80 In doubt in Lake Zurich Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:00 +0000 http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/blog/northwestern-university-adjusts-their-aid-policy/#comment-80 Our daughter is a sophomore at Northwestern and we have been fortunate to have received loans for the last two years and scholarship support from the university. With this change in policy, our family is very concerned that we will not qualify for a grant and that we will need to seek financial assistance outside of the University for financing our daughter's education. For two years we have had a need and now we're not sure. We are pressing ahead by completing all of the applications for grants, loan, etc. but we are concerned that we will be turned down now that the support is via grants versus loans. Our daughter is a sophomore at Northwestern and we have been fortunate to have received loans for the last two years and scholarship support from the university. With this change in policy, our family is very concerned that we will not qualify for a grant and that we will need to seek financial assistance outside of the University for financing our daughter’s education. For two years we have had a need and now we’re not sure. We are pressing ahead by completing all of the applications for grants, loan, etc. but we are concerned that we will be turned down now that the support is via grants versus loans.

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