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Avoiding Financial Aid and FAFSA Mistakes fafsa financial aid financial aid forms

As your high schooler prepares for college, navigating financial aid can feel confusing. Here’s a guide to avoid common financial aid pitfalls.

 

One of the biggest mistakes parents make is missing financial aid
deadlines. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens on...

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Financial Matters: Important, Simplifying Changes to FAFSA fafsa financial aid

For many families, financial aid is crucial to affording college. The first step in applying for college aid, including college work-study, scholarships, and grants—funds that do not have to be repaid—is completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

This year, a...

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It's Time for the FAFSA fafsa financial aid financial matters

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the primary form used by colleges to determine eligibility for need-based aid. A small number of colleges will not even consider an applicant for merit aid unless that student has first submitted a FAFSA. The FAFSA should be filed as soon as...

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What is College Admissions? act applying to college college acceptance college admissions college application plans fafsa sat

If you are considering going to college you have probably heard the term “college admissions”, but do you really know what is all included in college admissions? The college admissions process begins earlier than you might think - in freshman year of high school - and continues all...

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Financial Matters: Get Ready to File the FAFSA fafsa financial aid

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the primary form used by colleges to determine eligibility for need-based aid. A small number of colleges will not even consider an applicant for merit aid unless that student has first submitted a FAFSA. Therefore, the FAFSA should be filed...

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Changes Coming to the FAFSA: EFC to Student Aid Index efc expected family contribution fafsa student aid index

The FAFSA Simplification Act of 2021 brings a slew of changes to the FAFSA that will begin with the 2022-23 application cycle. Perhaps the biggest change is to the EFC—Expected Family Contribution. The EFC is the number that was calculated by the FAFSA and provided to colleges as a way for...

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Financial Matters: The FAFSA fafsa financial aid

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the primary form used by colleges to determine eligibility for need-based aid. In some cases, colleges will not consider an applicant for merit aid unless that student has first submitted a FAFSA. The FAFSA should be filed as soon as...

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Six Tips to Sail Through Completing the FAFSA fafsa financial aid grants loans work study

Your eligibility for financial aid will be based on the calendar year starting in January of your junior year.  Now is the time to learn what information you and your parents will need in order to file a FAFSA.  

What is the FAFSA? 

The Free Application For...

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How Do You Know How Much You Will Pay for Your College? college board efc expected family contribution fafsa financial aid financial aid forms need based aid paying for college profile form

Paying for college is often compared to paying for airline tickets. No two people pay the same price. What will your costs be at college? How much you pay for college depends on so many factors.  Knowing what those factors are, and how college will look at your family’s financial...

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