Parents Series: The Complete Guide to Financial Aid
Recorded Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:30 PM
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Paying sticker price at colleges in 2022 can set you back more than $300,000 over four years. But you don't have to pay sticker price... if you maximize your financial aid. Join CollegeVine co-founder Vinay Bhaskara for a comprehensive walkthrough of everything you need to know about financial aid. He'll walk through the complete financial aid process, teach you how colleges make financial aid decision, and share tips and tricks for maximizing your financial aid award.
Vinay graduated with a 4.0 GPA and a 2400 (single sitting) on his SAT. Throughout his studies, Vinay genuinely enjoyed a wide range of subjects, ultimately leading him to take 19 AP exams (a school record), earning a score of 5 on all of them. In 2013, Vinay was named the State AP Scholar for the state of New Jersey, an award given to the one male and one female student in each U.S. state with scores of 3 or higher on the greatest number of AP Exams. He also scored perfectly on SAT subject tests in Math, Chemistry, US History, World Studies, and Biology. Vinay participated in a variety of clubs in high school such as Youth and Government, and Science Olympiad; however his main extracurricular passion was in aviation. He has spent six years working in the aviation industry, starting out as a lowly blogger and working his way up to become an analyst at an aerospace consultancy. His aviation analysis has been published by several publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, and Skift, and he has been quoted as an aviation expert in The Capital Forum, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He also published two ebooks on airline operations and co-hosted a podcast on Indian aviation. Separately, Vinay co-authored an SAT vocabulary book, drawing upon his extensive knowledge of the exam.
