The FAFSA uses tax data from two years ago to determine a student s eligibility for financial aid for college. But if your financial situation has changed since then, there are ways to get more money.
Didn t Get Enough Financial Aid For College? You Can Ask For More Money
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Last spring, the pandemic stole Maddie Harvey s job on campus in the Dean of Students office. She was finishing up her senior year at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minn., and without the income from her job, she wasn t going to have enough money to pay her upcoming tuition bill. It was definitely a very vulnerable situation that I was in, says Harvey, it s not easy to talk about when you re struggling, especially knowing that so many people were struggling at one time.