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Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)This is the form that EVERY student applying for aid should fill out!! The FAFSA form is the primary application for federal, state and college based financial aid. Information that you and your parents provide on this form determine the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) for one academic year. Once your EFC has been calculated, the government officials send this information to the colleges to let them know what your family can afford to pay for attending that school. If you are admitted to the college, the financial aid office will compare what it actually costs (costs include all expenses for an academic year: tuition, fees, housing, food, clothes, books, and entertainment) to attend the school and how much you can pay. The difference between the two is called your "need".
Because of the importance of the FAFSA, be sure to have your parents carefully look at what is required and fill the form out carefully! On this form, you can list up to six colleges, federal and state programs to which you are applying for financial aid and request that your FAFSA information and its analysis be sent to them. |
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