Helpful Hints for completing your FAFSA...
You must complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for each academic year you would like to receive aid.
IMPORTANT!!!
To increase your chances of being considered for programs with limited funds, complete and submit the FAFSA as soon after January 1 as possible. Do not sign and mail your FAFSA before January 1 or it will be rejected.
Get it done FAST!! — Complete the FAFSA online at fafsa.ed.gov.
Completing the FAFSA
- Read all instructions.
- Provide only the information requested on the FAFSA.
- Use your legal name — not nicknames — and your correct social security number.
- "You" and "your" refer to the student. Sections that refer to you, the student, are yellow. Sections that refer to your parents are purple.
- If your parents are divorced, you must use the information for the parent you lived with most in the last 12 months. If that parent is remarried, you must also include the stepparent's income. Be sure to provide the information requested about your parents.
- Make sure you include #001051 on your list of school codes. Also, if you were required to provide parental information, a parent is also required to sign the FAFSA.
- If you complete the FAFSA electronically, don't forget to sign using your PIN (Personal Identification Number).
- Allow 2-3 weeks for your FAFSA to be processed. If after 4 weeks you have not received a Student Aid Report (SAR) from the Federal Processor, call them at 1-800-433-3243 (1-800-4FEDAID).
- Make a copy of your completed FAFSA for your records.