This brief examines data from 45,624 students at 104 higher education institutions that participated in Trellis鈥� Fall 2021 半岛体育 Financial Wellness Survey (SFWS) with a focus on students鈥� comfort discussing their financial situations with others and students鈥� monetary discussions with financial aid advisors. We find that although many students reported feeling comfortable discussing their financial situations with financial professionals hired by their schools (64 percent), most students (62 percent) did not actually seek the help they purported to value.