Host Julie Lythcott-Haims and Getting In expert Josh Steckel talk financial aid, scholarship strategies, plus they hear an update from Getting In senior August Graves. Josh is the college counselor at the Brooklyn School for Collaborative studies. He's also the author of Hold Fast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty. Josh lists the most important things seniors and their families need to be doing right now if they're applying for financial aid. And they still have time if they haven't yet. He explains how to compare different schools' aid packages and how to figure out the net price. When it comes to finding scholarship money, Josh says to think locally. Religious groups, unions, non-profits, even law firms are a great source of scholarship funds.  Julie and Josh answer a multi-part listener question about financial aid. The father who wrote in wonders how to find out a college's true cost and asks how he should honestly talk about affordability with his daughter. Online resources mentioned in the show: Gates MillenniumJackie Robinson FoundationPosse FoundationFastwebScholarsnappCollege GreenlightRaise.MeCollege Score Card Find us on Twitter: @GettingInPodSend us an email or voice memo--to  gettingin@slate.comOr, call our hotline and leave a message at (929) 999-4353. Getting In is supported by Squarespace, helping students create online portfolios and personal websites that show colleges who they are and what they can do. Learn more at Squarespace.com/gettingin Getting In is sponsored by Audible.com.Get a free audiobook of your choice at www.audible.com/college and use the promo code COLLEGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices