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Apply for financial aid

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 7 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to apply for financial aid

  1. 1Click Billing in the portal navigation bar
  2. 2Click the banner reading "Financial aid applications are open." to open the Financial aid page
  3. 3In the "Applications are open" card, click "Apply for financial aid"
  4. 4Under "Applying for", tick each child the application covers
  5. 5Fill in "People in your household" and choose a "Household income range" — "Prefer not to say" is an option
  6. 6Add context in "Anything the school should know (optional)" — no tax documents are ever requested
  7. 7Click "Submit application"; the new Application card appears with a Submitted badge

Part of Financial aid, scholarships & ESA

Set the year's aid budget, take applications in the portal, decide them against a sliding scale, and let every award land on the invoice by itself — plus the ESA and scholarship paperwork states keep asking for.

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