How To Appeal A Financial Aid Award (Merit And Need-Based)

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Key Points
  • A financial aid appeal asks a college to adjust your financial aid for documented special circumstances. The 2027-28 FAFSA uses 2025 income, so a job loss, death, divorce or big medical bills since then are grounds to appeal.
  • Federal law bars colleges from denying every appeal, but an adjustment counts only at the college that makes it. Send a separate appeal to each college.
  • Colleges don’t replace lost income dollar for dollar. A $1...
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