FAFSA / Financial Aid
Follow this link for the FAFSA Application, and the most up-to-date FAFSA information.
Pay for your Post Secondary education!
While it can be confusing and overwhelming to search for ways to pay for any type of college, there is financial support available to students and families looking to earn some sort of post secondary education. In fact, completing the FAFSA is important because it's information is what colleges, more or less, use to base their financial offerings on. The financial aid packages offered by each school will differ from one another as each institution interprets a family's needs differently.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is a free online form for seniors and parents to complete that makes them eligible (potentially) to lessen the cost of college by offering financial aid to students. Amount of aid given is based on a families assets and income (need).
Some schools require the FAFSA for admissions, so you should submit it even if you don't think you will qualify for any federal aid. Because financial aid is first come, first serve, you should file your FAFSA as close to opening date as possible. This year, the FAFSA is new and updated and is schedule to be open sometime in December.
Deadline is March 1st.
Follow these simple steps to complete the FAFSA
- Collect Necessary Documents & Information
- Social Security Number(s)
- Full legal name
- Date of birth
- Personal email address or mobile phone number (each email or phone number can only be linked and used with ONE FSA ID) - Create an FSA ID
- The FSA ID is a username and password. The FSA ID is your legal signature and should be exclusively used by you. You’ll use your FSA ID every year you fill out a FAFSA form and for the lifetime of your federal student loans.
- One of your parents might need an FSA ID as well. If you need to provide information about your parents on the FAFSA form, one of your parents will have to sign the form, using his/her own FSA ID. - Complete the FAFSA online
Application Link
FAFSA Frequently Asked Questions
Hey Seniors, WYATT can help you fill out your FAFSA!
Wyatt, a digital FAFSA advisor from the nonprofit Benefits Data Trust (BDT), provides college-bound students with free, personalized assistance to complete the FAFSA.
“Wyatt guides students through the FAFSA, texting helpful reminders and answering all their questions, day or night,” said Neeta Sonalkar, Director of Higher Education Innovation at BDT. “Wyatt has already helped over 30,000 students unlock nearly $40 million in federal grant aid.”
Wyatt is now available for students to sign up at www.getfafsahelp.org to get early reminders about the FAFSA and help with creating an FSA ID in anticipation of the 2024-25 FAFSA anticipated to launch December 31st. Until the FAFSA launches, Wyatt will primarily field questions on the FSA ID. Once the FAFSA opens, Wyatt will send a notification to students and offer assistance with questions about the full application. Wyatt is free for students to use and available 24/7 to students who sign up.
