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Scholarships -- Determining Financial Need
Hey everyone! I am building our application with Foundant and using this as an opportunity to re-think some of the questions on our application. Several of our scholarships are based on financial need. Currently, I ask students to list their estimated college expenses, scholarships they have for the upcoming year, and…
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Evaluating Financial Need with New FAFSA
Hi, We are a small foundation and the majority of our scholarships have a financial need requirement. I was curious if (how) organizations are changing their evaluation of financial need with the upcoming changes to the FAFSA, particularly related to how the EFC/SAI will be calculated. As part of our financial need…
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Assessing Financial Need During a Pandemic
We started a great conversation about Financial Need during this strange time. What questions are you asking students about their financial need? Are these different than your regular questions, if so how? How will use instruct your evaluators differently? Will you be working with donors in advance to discuss the concerns…
