
The College Essay Guy Podcast: A Practical Guide to College Admissions
122: Which Schools Are the Most Generous With Financial Aid? (International Version)
Dec 4, 2017
43:30
On this episode I talk with Jennie about:
- Why she created the chart in the first place
- She explains why your student doesn’t have to be incredible in order to get merit aid
- How much students’ ability to pay matters in admissions
- How to use the chart, including how Jennie walks students through a consultation
- Why students might decline to ask for merit-based aid
Links:
- The excel sheet of universities sorted by financial aid generosity (international students)
- How to sort an excel sheet by column
- FAFSA Forecaster
- Jennie Kent’s website
- A PDF version of the chart with financial aid generosity for international students
- Duolingo
- Moment: an app for tracking your screen time
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