CSS Profile
Education & Academia abbreviation · Academic
| Stands for | College Scholarship Service Profile |
|---|---|
| Categories | Education & Academia |
CSS Profile stands for College Scholarship Service Profile, an academic abbreviation.
Online financial aid application run by the College Board and required by about 200 colleges, mostly private, plus some scholarship programs, to award their own institutional grants. It asks far more detailed questions than the FAFSA, including home equity and, at many schools, the noncustodial parent's finances.
Example: Princeton requires the CSS Profile in addition to the FAFSA for all aid applicants.
Usage notes
The fee is $25 for the first school and $16 for each additional one, waived automatically for many families with incomes up to $100,000. Colleges apply their own formulas, so aid offers from different schools can differ widely. The "College Scholarship Service" name dates to the 1950s.
Related abbreviations
More academic abbreviations
- CHEA – Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- CMOS – Chicago Manual of Style
- Co-PI – Co-principal investigator
- COA – Cost of attendance
- CPT – Curricular Practical Training
- CRN – Course reference number
- CV – Curriculum vitae (course of life)
- DSO – Designated school official
- EA – Early action
- EC – Extracurricular activity
- ED – Early decision
- EFC – Expected Family Contribution