The 2024 College Financial Aid Mess

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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A student's financial aid package is one of the most important factors in students’ college decisions. WSJ’s Oyin Adedoyin tells us that this year, the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa, is causing grief for some families. Further Reading: -A Financial-Aid Form Is Upending College Decisions -Families May Have to Make College Decisions Before Knowing Full Cost Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Could you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about you and your family?
0:08.0	Yeah, my name is Monique Cesbadez. We live in a little town called Maiden, North Carolina. My husband and I, Johnny, have two daughters, Vanessa and Maya. Maya is an eighth grader, and Vanessa is in her senior year of high school and we have a pig.
0:26.0	Her name is Ashley.
0:28.0	A pig.
0:29.0	She lives outside.
0:30.0	Yeah.
0:31.0	That's Vanessa's pet.
0:32.0	We've had her probably for about six years.
0:34.4	Monique's family also has two dogs, two cats, a bird, and a hedgehog.
0:39.9	I want to hear more about your daughter, Vanessa. so you said she's a senior in high school
0:44.8	what kind of teenager is she I don't want to just say she's the best teenager
0:49.2	because she's my child but um she's really an exceptional teenager.
0:57.1	Vanessa is an outstanding young lady.
1:00.6	She does really well in school and she's also an athlete and she's also you know a
1:08.1	volunteer in the community and also sits on the Youth City Council.
1:12.0	Well you sound very proud of her.
1:14.0	Are you ready for her to go to college?
1:16.0	I'm not ready for her to go.
1:19.0	No, I'm not ready for her to go.
1:22.0	And I mean, she's not ready for her to go.
1:22.6	And I mean, she's not ready to go.
1:24.8	Monique works for the county government
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