Presenter: Stacey MacPhetres, M.A.; Director of College Finance, Bright Horizons College Advising
Your child’s need-based financial aid and merit scholarship offers are in. What next? This session will cover how to interpret your options with a critical lens and make decisions that will maximize offers and reduce college costs. You will learn how to:
- Understand and compare various offers
- Differentiate between “financial aid” and “financing options”
- Establish the real costs of college and the renewability of financial aid
- Negotiate and ask for additional merit scholarship funds
- Appeal for additional financial aid
