What you can do without is the hassles and confusion typically involved in getting the aid you deserve. We have found that a lot of people don't know enough about financial aid to even begin to compare one college's financial aid packet with another. The bottom line doesn't tell you much, especially when it comes to loans-when and how you will have to pay them back, for example. We hope these questions and our answers will help you negotiate the financial aid maze and make you a more informed financial aid consumer. This may be your most important question.
Many scholarships have stiff renewal conditions, such as a high grade point average.
You could be in for a costly surprise. The bottom line can be deceiving. You need to look closely. Remember loans are the kind of awards you have to pay back. Meanwhile, at SUNY Brockport we try to keep loans to a minimum, through extensive counseling and debt management services.