For the 2023-24 school year, many of the changes to FAFSA® are due to the FAFSA® Simplification Act passed by Congress.
Knowing when to apply for financial aid is critical no matter which school you’re planning to attend. There areFAFSA deadlinesto meet and some funding is on a first-come, first-served basis. In other words, the longer you wait, the less chance you’ll have of receiving funding. The opp...
For the 2023-2024 academic school year, all corrections or updates must be submitted by September 14, 2024, at 11:59 pm Central Time. Regardless of the deadlines for your college or when they start looking at financial aid, you can still start your application on October 1st of the previou...
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At the end of 2023, the federal government said it would update theFree Application for Federal Student Aid form, better known as FAFSA, ahead of the 2024-2025 school year. The change came three years after Congress mandated the update in 2020. ...
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) became available on October 1 for the 2023–24 academic year. Why should you care? If you or your child is attending college, the FAFSA determines eligibility for federal student aid, including grants and work-study. ...
The FAFSA is the primary method the government and schools use to determine if you’re eligible for financial aid, including grants, scholarships, work-study benefits and loans. The federal government processes FAFSA forms to qualify for federal student aid, but FAFSA...
Can I still fill out the FAFSA and receive financial aid?If you’re a dependent student living with one or more undocumented parents, you can still complete the FAFSA with your Social Security number. Parent(s) without an SSN can still make a StudentAid.gov account and contribute to a ...
Is the FAFSA Required? A Guide to College Financial Aid FAFSA Verification: What to Do 8 Common Mistakes Made on the FAFSA How to Complete the CSS Profile FAFSA Deadlines to Know Key Takeaways A family completing the FAFSA for the 2025-2026 academic year will use the 2023 tax return. Whil...
The office of Federal Student Aid, part of the United States Department of Education, provided approximately $256.71 billion in federal aid in 2023–24. That aid consists of grants, work-study, and loans.3 Grants, sometimes referred to as scholarships, are meant for students with “exceptional...