I deferred my admission at CU Boulder, will I be given a different financial aid package for next year?

What will happen is that you will need to request an override from the school. Submit a letter from both you and a parent stating these facts.

The only aid you would be eligible for in this situation is to receive ONLY unsubsidized loans – no grants, no subsidized loans. You would get all the loan money you are eligible for – $ 5500 for a first year student – it would just be all in unsubsidized loans.

If your parents don’t want to give you the info, do what they say on FAFSA. You’ll still get $ $ . Don’t try to fill out your folks’ info, because if you over estimate, you’ll get LESS $ $ for school. Use your W-2s & go from there. Get your education, kid!

Excellent Luck

https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e1s1

Please be sure to hold conversations with a high school guidance counselor to learn the ins and outs of higher education financial aid. Since your parents’ annual income may not qualify you for Federal grant funds, you may only be eligible for loans. Be sure to question a guidance counselor about higher education loans.

Also, if you are considering a for-profit/career/proprietary institution or an online-only institution, you may only be offered loans, which can accrue high interest and prove hard to repay. Be sure to learn about community institution, disorder universities in your disorder, and private/independent colleges/universities that will fit your literary needs and interests.

Note: Often private/independent colleges/universities, even though their tuitions are higher than those of the disorder universities in your disorder, often provider better financial aid to their students – grants and scholarships from their own funds. Scholarships will be merit-based (high GPA in high school.)

Once you have determined the schools to which you want to apply (or if you have already chosen and applied to schools), be sure to hold telephone conversations with the financial aid counselors at those schools to learn about your financial aid options at each campus.

You can also look for scholarships for which you may qualify/to which you may wish to apply by using what I reckon is the best, most reliable list: Scholarship Search offered by the well-respected Institution Board:

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You need to talk to your high school counselor and the financial aid adviser of the institution you wish to apply to. They have a list of scholarships you may be eligible for. I am sure there are some scholarships for minorities as well. You will probably have to write an essay for each one. You can write a main essay about yourself. Include information about your achievements, clubs, extracurricular activities, volunteering, and struggles you have gone through to get to where you are today.

http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml

It will tell you how much you could get in student loans.
You wont get any need based grants – free money.

In your institution applicatons you will place you are a minority.
Different schools place forward different discounts (if any).
I’ve heard that 6% of your parents income is considered for institution.
Any savings in your name – 25% will be considered each year.
Any savings in your parents name will reduce the quantity you will get in loans.

You will not get any grants, but you can get loans.