Writing a letter to appeal your financial aid package doesn’t necessarily guarantee that your school will make more aid available to you. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail ...

Your financial aid award letter may include an offer of grants, scholarships, work-study and student loans. Here’s how to understand your letter. WSJ Barron's MarketWatch IBD.

Learn how to write a successful SAP appeal letter to regain access to federal financial aid and get back on track with satisfactory academic progress.

However, only compare similar schools—a financial aid offer from a private university isn't comparable to an offer of financial assistance from a public university. Step 4: Write A Letter ...

Default rates of private student loans spiked following the 2008 financial crisis, and students are in default on more than $8.1 billion, representing 850,000 distinct loans, according to the report.

Public colleges are far less likely than private colleges to have sent out financial aid letters, per last week’s NASFAA survey. Over 40% of four-year public colleges reported not being able to ...

In order to join CCTI, colleges’ financial aid letters must meet the Principles and Standards provided by CCTI. Through the use of “standardized, plain language,” among other requirements, ...

A recently announced national initiative plans to change that, with more than 360 colleges agreeing to make their financial-aid packages more transparent. The College Cost Transparency Initiative ...

It was born out of the College Cost Transparency Initiative, a task force involving 10 higher education associations, to try to make financial aid letters more standard, clear and accurate.

As of last week, 44% of colleges said they had not started preparing financial aid letters, according to a survey from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.