After submitting your FAFSA®, you’ll receive a FAFSA®Submission Summary, which will give you information about your financial aid eligibility. When you receive your Submission Summary, you may notice a mistake requiring a correction or an update you must make. Regardless of the changes you ...
Once you’ve submitted your FAFSA®, you may be wondering how you can view the status of your application. Continue reading to learn more.
To do so, you can visitStudentAid.govto access the FAFSA. You'll need to have or create an FSA ID to log in. In addition to being able to access the form, those who've already completed the new FAFSA are noticing the changes. "We have heard from students and families that the new...
This is part of an effort to make the FAFSA easier to fill out and accessible to more students. And the FAFSA considers several other factors along with income, so even if you think your family makes “too much money” to qualify for aid, you should always apply. After ...
To get the most aid you may be eligible for, consider completing FAFSA as soon as possible after December 31. Also, send any corrections as soon as possible if you need to make corrections on the FAFSA form. For the 2024-2025 school year, modifications/updates need to be sent by 11:59...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 enacted changes in the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, orFAFSA, to simplify the form. FAFSA simplification will not only make the form easier to fill out by eliminating two-thirds of the questions, but it will also affect the determination of...
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If you are renewing your FAFSA form, your information from last year will roll over to the current year, so make sure that your information is correct. If the application requires parent information, you can create a “save key”, or a temporary password that allows the parent and child to...
Each year, the Department of Education announces any changes to the process for the coming cycle that affect how financial aid offices award aid to students. After submitting the FAFSA, students should receive an email within a few days from the Department of Education containing the Stud...
The FAFSA Simplification Act, part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, brought changes to theFree Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the form used by students to submit the financial information that colleges, states, and other scholarship providers use to determine financial ai...