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Applying for Financial Aid: Your Questions Answered

Daren Worcester
Dec 2, 2024
55 minute video

You're not alone if you have questions about the private school financial aid application process. What documentation is required? Will applying for aid impact your admission decision? When will you receive an aid decision? Can you appeal financial aid awards?

Watch this presentation to see Channing Weymouth, director of financial aid and senior associate director of admission, and Laurie Kalapinski, admission and financial aid coordinator, at St. Mark's School in Massachusetts, answer financial aid questions, including:

  • How is the financial aid process structured?
  • What is the main criteria for financial aid?
  • Can upper middle class families apply for financial aid?
  • Can international applicants apply for financial aid?
  • When are financial aid applications due?
  • Do both parents have to fill out an application in the case of divorce or separated households?
  • When are families notified of financial aid decisions?
  • Can families appeal financial aid decisions?

This presentation was made possible thanks to the support of St. Mark's School.

About St. Mark's School

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St. Mark's School is a coeducational, Episcopal, preparatory school for grades 9–12, located in Southborough, Massachusetts, 25 miles from Boston. The school's 65 teachers lead 375 boarding and day students through a rigorous curriculum and a full program of co-curricular activities. Class size averages 12, with a student-faculty ratio of 6:1. Each department offers honors and advanced courses.

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Speakers

Channing Weymouth

Director of Financial Aid, Senior Associate Director of Admission
St. Mark's School

Laurie Kalapinski

Admission and Financial Aid Coordinator
St. Mark's School
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