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FAFSA® FAQ

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What is the FAFSA®?

The FAFSA (Gratuitous Awarding for Federal Educatee Aid) is a free federal form that you must complete to be eligible for:

• Federal help programs—Pell grants, Perkins loans, Stafford Loans, work-study employment
• Pennsylvania land aid programs—the Pennsylvania Country Grant Programme, work-written report employment
• School aid programs—private grants, need-based scholarships

Why consummate a FAFSA®?

Completing the FAFSA is cardinal to ensuring that you can pay for school.

• Federal pupil financial help programs apply the data you provide on your FAFSA to determine your eligibility for federal financial aid.
• Many states and schools use the FAFSA to award financial aid.

What are the deadlines for applying/renewing?

Deadlines vary by schoolhouse, country, program of report, and more than. To ensure that any fiscal aid package your school offers you contains aid from every bit many sources as possible, employ/renew every bit early as you can.

Blazon of Aid	Type of Borrower	Deadline
School-based financial aid	Undergraduate and graduate students	Varies by school Carefully read any school information yous receive and bank check each school's financial help website.
Pennsylvania Land Grant View other states' grant deadlines.	Commencement-fourth dimension applicants who plan to enroll in a caste programme or a college transferable programme at a junior college or other college or university (excludes community colleges) Renewal applicants who accept changes that may touch their Country Grant award, such as a alter in marital condition or a change in income	May i
	First-time applicants who program to enroll in a community higher; a business, merchandise, or technical school; a hospital school of nursing; or a 2-year plan that is not transferable to another institution	August 1
Federal fiscal aid	Undergraduate and graduate students	June 30

Fifty-fifty if you miss a school or country deadline, still complete and submit the FAFSA. You may be eligible to receive late awards.

What information do I need to complete the FAFSA®?

To complete the FAFSA, you lot need to provide information from several types of documents. We recommend you gather this paperwork before you begin the FAFSA to save time and to make sure y'all consummate the FAFSA correctly.

First, identify what type of pupil—dependent or independent—you are.

• Dependent educatee—Y'all will demand documentation for both you and your parents.
• Independent student—You will demand documentation for both you and your spouse (if y'all are married).

Personal Documents

• Social Security number (can exist constitute on Social Security card)
• Driver'due south license number and state of issuance (if any)
• Alien registration number or permanent residence carte du jour (if you lot are not a U.Due south. citizen)

Proof of Income

• Taxable income from Westward-2 forms or other records of coin earned or received
• Untaxed income, including workers' compensation; child support; housing, food and other living allowances; or veterans benefits, etc.

Utilize income records from the calendar year that is prior to the year y'all program to attend school.

Tax Documents

• Federal Income Tax Return (IRS taxation form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ) if you were required to file (Note: If yous complete your FAFSA online, you have the option of automatically retrieving your income and tax information from the IRS and having it transferred into your FAFSA. The IRS Information Retrieval Tool is the preferred method to complete the FAFSA.)
• Foreign tax return or a taxation render for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia or Palau

Employ estimated tax data if you will not file your tax return earlier your earliest financial aid deadline. After you submit your tax return, correct any income or tax information that is different from what yous initially submitted on your FAFSA.

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• Banking company statements
• Business organization and investment information, including business and farm records; stocks, bonds, and other investment records (as applicable)

How do I know if I am dependent or independent?

Amid the more mutual errors made on the FAFSA, many people wrongly assume that dependency condition for financial aid purposes is the same equally that for income tax purposes.

To determine if yous are dependent or contained for the purpose of fiscal aid, visit FAFSA on the Web.

What if my parents are separated/divorced?

If you are a dependent student, you need to provide your parents' data on the FAFSA. If your parents are separated or divorced:

• Use the data of the parent whom you lived with the most during the by 12 months.
• If you did not live with either parent or you lived with them equally, utilise the data of the parent who provided you with the nearly financial support during the past 12 months.
• If the parent for whom you provide information is remarried, then you must likewise provide your stepparent's information.
• It doesn't matter which parent claims you lot as a dependent on their taxes.

What is the FSA ID and why do I need ane?

The FSA ID, a username and password, has replaced the Federal Pupil Aid Pin and must be used to log into sure U.South. Section of Education websites. Your FSA ID confirms your identity when you admission your financial aid information and electronically sign Federal Educatee Assistance documents. If y'all exercise non already take an FSA ID, you can create one when logging in to StudentAid.gov.

If you lot are a dependent student, both parent and student will need a FSA ID. A different email address is required for both parent and student in creating the FSA ID.

Only the possessor of the FSA ID should create and use the account. Never share your FSA ID information. Store and save it in a secure location.

What If I forgot my FSA ID username and password?

If you have forgotten your username or password, don't worry. On the log-in pages, y'all'll find links that give you the option of retrieving your username or password through your verified east-post accost or by successfully answering your claiming questions.

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How do I apply?

Utilise online at FAFSA on the Web.

If you lot prefer, you can download a newspaper application (bachelor in English or Spanish) or call the Federal Student Assist Data Center at i-800-433-3243.

Regardless of how yous apply, the FAFSA is free.

How do I renew my FAFSA®?

Because financial and family unit circumstances can alter from twelvemonth to year, you must complete the FAFSA each year that yous need aid.

• To renew the FAFSA online—Go to FAFSA on the Web and enter your Federal Student Assistance personal identification number (PIN) to access your original FAFSA. The answers from your original application are prefilled, and you need to enter only the data that has changed.
• To renew a paper FAFSA—Y'all must complete the entire paper application each year that you demand help.

Why fill out the FAFSA® online?

• Fast turnaround. Your application takes less than 1 week to process (vs. 2–iii weeks for a newspaper application).
• Online help. Online help is built in to FAFSA on the Spider web to guide y'all through the application process.
• Fault testing. FAFSA on the Spider web detects potential errors before you submit your awarding and gives y'all the opportunity to correct them.
• Congenital-in "skip logic". FAFSA on the Spider web allows you to skip sure questions that do not apply to you.
• Electronic transmission. The schools you lot list on the FAFSA volition receive your processed information faster.
• Easy renewal. It's piece of cake to renew your FAFSA, since your application will ever be prefilled with your existing data from the previous award yr.
• Link to State Grant Grade. When filing the FAFSA online, you will be offered an optional link that will ask if yous would similar to complete the Pennsylvania State Grant Form every bit well. Those who "click through" will be moved direct to the online Country Grant Form.

Is there a limit to the number of FAFSAs® I tin can submit?

Do non submit more than one FAFSA per year. In fact, if y'all use online, you need to fill out the unabridged FAFSA simply in one case and simply renew it every year that you need aid.

Where can I get help filling out the FAFSA®?

The following resources are available:

• Find a gratuitous FAFSA Completion Assist Result nearly y'all.
• Visit your school's financial aid website or contact the Financial Aid Part.
• Telephone call the Federal Educatee Aid Information Center (FSAIC):
  • 1-800-four-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243)
  • 1-800-730-8913 (TTY)
• Download the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet to assistance y'all with questions before you complete the FAFSA on the Web.
• Visit FAFSA on the Web, the U.Southward. Department of Education'southward comprehensive FAFSA website.

I never finished my FAFSA®, and I've already started school. Am I yet eligible for assist?

Yes. You lot actually accept 18 months to submit the FAFSA. It is all-time to submit the FAFSA as early as possible after Jan i for the academic yr in which you need aid. The earlier y'all submit the FAFSA, the more types of assist you may be eligible to receive.

However, you accept until June 30 of the following twelvemonth to submit a FAFSA and receive assist. If you are in schoolhouse and did not consummate your FAFSA, nosotros recommend you lot do so now.

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How will I receive my Pupil Aid Report (SAR)?

After your FAFSA is candy, you volition receive a SAR. How y'all receive your SAR depends on whether you provided a valid email address when you submitted your FAFSA (either online or by paper).

• If you completed your FAFSA online merely did not provide an email address or provided an invalid email address, yous will receive a SAR acknowledgment in the U.South. Mail service. To make changes or updates to your SAR results, y'all will need to become to FAFSA on the Web.
• If you completed a newspaper FAFSA and did non provide an electronic mail accost or provided an invalid e-mail address, you will receive your SAR results by U.South. Mail. To make any changes or updates, you will need to use the newspaper document.
• If you completed your FAFSA online or by paper and provided a valid e-mail accost, you will receive email notification that your SAR results are available online. Become online to review your SAR results and make changes or updates.

What should I look for in my SAR?

The SAR contains a summary of the information you provided on your FAFSA and identifies your Expected Family unit Contribution (EFC). The schools that y'all listed on your FAFSA volition receive the information you submitted and use this information to determine your eligibility for fiscal aid.

Check your SAR for the following:

What to look for	Details
EFC	Await for your EFC amount nearly the tiptop right corner of page 1.
Data errors	Review the SAR carefully. Errors in your SAR can affect your EFC and your financial help eligibility.
Verification pick	If you were selected for verification, you will discover the following: An asterisk (*) after your EFC corporeality Instructions on what you need to exercise

Receiving your SAR does not mean that your FAFSA was accepted or that you are eligible for financial help.

How do I make corrections/updates to my SAR?

It is important to correct any errors on your SAR. Incorrect data can impact your financial assist eligibility. To make corrections, use i of the methods below, but keep in listen the following:

• Social Security number—If the number is wrong, you must complete a new awarding.
• Fiscal data—Corrections are allowed only if you provided incorrect information when yous submitted the FAFSA. Correct any income or revenue enhancement information that was estimated when you initially submitted your FAFSA.
• Marital status—Cheque with your school's Fiscal Aid Office if changes are needed.

Method	Instructions
Online (fastest method)	Log in to FAFSA on the Web to make corrections. Accept your Federal Student Aid Pivot ready.
U.Southward. Mail	Fill out the Information Correction Form on the dorsum of the SAR. Sign the Correction Page. Return it to the accost indicated.
Phone (accost and phone number changes only)	Call the Federal Student Assistance Information Centre (FSAIC): 1-800-4-FED-Help (1-800-433-3243) one-800-730-8913 (TTY) Have your Data Release Number (DRN) ready. You lot can find it on the SAR in the top right corner of page 1.

If an extenuating circumstance occurs (expiry of a parent or spouse, loss of a job or income) after your FAFSA is processed, contact your school's Fiscal Assistance Office. Your schoolhouse may be able to re-evaluate your application.

What is Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?

Your EFC is determined from the information provided on your FAFSA. Schools use the EFC to determine your financial demand and package your financial aid laurels.

Contact your school's financial aid administrator if you have extenuating circumstances that affect your family's ability to pay for higher education, such as high medical costs or recent unemployment.

How is EFC calculated?

The federal regime determines your EFC using a formula that takes into consideration family unit size, number of family members in college, family income, and assets.

• The lower your EFC , the more likely it is that y'all volition be eligible for demand-based assistance, such as grants and subsidized federal loans.
• The higher your EFC , the more likely it is that you volition demand to find additional sources of aid that are non based on need, such as merit scholarships, savings, unsubsidized federal loans, or individual education loans.

What if my family unit doesn't have plenty coin to cover my EFC?

If your EFC seems like more than you can pay, consider these options:

• Look into getting a federal loan. (If yous qualify, a subsidized federal loan is a better option than an unsubsidized federal loan.)
• Inquire your parents if they are willing to consider a PLUS loan. (A PLUS loan is a federal loan that your parents would take out in their name.)
• Consider getting a private instruction loan But later y'all have exhausted all other sources of funding.

Can I change the schools that I listed on my FAFSA®?

At that place are two ways to add together or delete the schools. Just first yous need the schools' half-dozen-digit Federal School Code. Once you know the school code, you can:

• Log in to FAFSA on the Web to add or delete a schoolhouse code online.

  OR

• Telephone call the Federal Student Aid Data Heart (FSAIC) to add or delete a schoolhouse code:

  • 1-800-iv-FED-Aid (1-800-433-3243)
  • 1-800-730-8913 (TTY)

What is verification?

Verification is a process used to ensure that certain FAFSA information is authentic.

Either the U.Due south. Department of Education or your school may select your application for verification. Don't stress if you were chosen for verification. Some schools verify all of their students' FAFSA applications. Hither are some other reasons you may have been chosen:

• You were selected randomly.
• Your FAFSA is incomplete.
• Your FAFSA contains inconsistent data.
• Your FAFSA contains estimated information.

If you were selected for verification, you should:

• Review your SAR for letters from the U.South. Department of Education.

  If you accept questions, visit your school's fiscal assistance website first. Then contact the Fiscal Assistance Office if you cannot observe the answers.

• Gather the requested documents.

  Provide but the requested data and be sure that all documents have the advisable signatures.

• Consummate a verification worksheet, if required.

  You will receive specific instructions if this is the instance.

• Return all verification materials as presently as possible.

  The verification process must exist complete before your school can receive your financial aid disbursement.

Notation: Applicants selected for verification that retrieve and transfer their income tax return data using the IRS Data Retrieval Process—either when initially completing the FAFSA using FAFSA on the Web or through the corrections process of FAFSA on the Web—volition exist considered to have verified the FAFSA IRS data (adjusted gross income, taxes paid, and any of the applicative untaxed income items). Nevertheless, if changes were fabricated to the transferred information or if the establishment has reason to believe that the information transferred is inaccurate, the applicant must provide other acceptable documentation. Using the IRS Data Retrieval Process, either when initially completing a FAFSA or by using the corrections functionality of FAFSA on the Web, provides applicants with the fastest, easiest, and about secure solution for coming together verification requirements.

The Fiscal Aid Part will compare your verification documents with the information you supplied on your FAFSA. If updates significantly change the amount of fiscal assist you were awarded, you will receive a notification of these revisions.

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