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For many years, schools used the FAFSA as the way to determine how much a family could contribute toward the cost of college. While the FAFSA is still in use to determine federal financial aid [...]

COVID-19 has impacted all facets of life, and college financial aid is no different. One specific area of college financial aid impacted has been the Federal Direct student loans, which we looked [...]

The coronavirus has impacted all facets of life, and college financial aid is no different. One specific area of college financial aid impacted has been the Federal Direct student loans. For [...]

Current junior families will be able to begin filling out the financial aid forms (most commonly the FAFSA and the CSS Profile) on October 1 of 2021. These financial aid forms will use 2020 as [...]

To this point, we’ve done a deep dive on the CSS Profile and checked in on how families identify if their prospective schools require the form. Next up, we’ll Learn more about the CSS [...]

When it comes to financial aid, there are two applications that most families need to submit to prospective schools, the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the [...]

We’ve looked at several aspects of the FAFSA, including the FAFSA ID and the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. Today, we’ll examine a very common question related to the FAFSA, when is it due? [...]

When it comes to financial aid, there are two applications that most families need to submit to prospective schools, the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the [...]

The U.S. Department of Education has made the FAFSA more user-friendly than ever. Sure, it can still be an overwhelming form for those attempting it for the first time. However, the FAFSA can now [...]

The financial aid process tends to be confusing enough for those completing it for the first time. That confusion can be increased exponentially for families of divorce. One of the most common [...]