Doesn't the state provide any grants / financial aid?

Hye Caulley: your state may or may not have financial aidif they do, they may or may not use FAFSA to determine aidif your child is going out-of-state.. then he is not eligible for that state's aidhe needs to apply for state aid only if he is going to either an in-state school (if they cover all instate schools) or if one of the schools on your state's list of eligible schoolsaround here... without an EFC of 00000 you would not get state aid (just an FYI)and, state is only good at @ 6 schools.... so not all schools can grant state aid... most of those schools are..... less desirable... in my son's case.... he qualified for state aid... but the schools he wanted to go to were not on the state aid list -- none of them offered engineering degreesFin Aid includes all forms of Fin Aid ---- the most prevalent being student loans.. sometimes it can include grants, scholarships, work-study, etc...our state's fin aid (for those schools on the list) are not grants... they are sch! olarships... earned with a high GPA & ACT...Show more

Toney Flaten: Not all states have extra financial aid. Most only offer additional aid to the most poor of students (you are NOT low income and wouldn't qualify for extra aid in my state, for example). Financial aid includes all loans, grants, and scholarships. University grants would be grants from the university only. University aid would be any aid (including grants) the school gives. Grants are a part of aid. In CT, there is no separate application for state aid. The FAFSA will do it. You aren't eligible, so you weren't offered any. Also, students attending college out of state do not qualify for state aid from either their home state or the state their school is in. The bottom line is your child needs to go to a cheaper school. You obviously cannot afford the ones he got into and you are not entitled to tens of thousands of dollars in free money just so he can go to school wherever he wants....Show more