I am just wondering if the FAFSA i filled out online will be submitted to the college i wish to attend or if there are other steps i need to complete. will someone walk me through the whole process? Here is what I have done so far:\nTook the Placement (THEA/TASP) test (still waiting for scores)\nApplied to the College of my choice\nFilled out FAFSA and have my EFC\nChosen what course I want to take\n\nWhat happens next?
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Filling out the FASFA (Federal Application for Student financial Aid) was a great first step.  When you filled out the form there should have been a step to include the schools you wanted your information sent to.  if you did that then those are the only steps you have to take.  The school of your choice after you have been accepted(which should be soon) will send you a congratuations acceptance letter and a financial aid award letter. In this letter you will find a breakdown of grants, loans, and scholarships.  it will also list you out of pocket cost if applicable.  Side note, as long as you remaina full time student(123hours) then your financial aid wont be reduce.  i wish you all the BEST!
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Once the school gets your FAFSA..they will send you a financial aid award letter. At most schools, if you qualify for a pell..they will offer that and less of a loan to you.
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Fill out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid ) online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Make sure that you include the school you wish to attend on your FAFSA--you can list up to 6 schools.\n\nWait about 2-3 weeks from the time you submit it and then contact the school you wish to attend to find out if they need any other information to complete your financial aid file.\n\nIf you plan to start in the Spring semester in January, complete your FAFSA right away! If you're going to wait till next school year starts in August 2007, the FAFSA for that year becomes available January 1.\n\nTo fill out a FAFSA now, you'll need your 2005 income information (federal tax return, if filed) and for the FAFSA in January, you'll need your 2006 income information.\n\nFor any additional questions, contact your school's financial aid office. The people there are trained to answer your questions.
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Your Expected Family Contribution is the amount that the government has determined you are *able* to pay for college in a given year.  However, it should be emphasized that this is NOT necessarily the amount that you will be *required* to pay -- you might pay less or you might have to pay much, much more.  \n\nTo phrase it another way, having a $42 EFC doesn't mean that all your educational costs (less $42) will be paid for by another source. Many FAFSA applicants mistakenly believe that a very low EFC means that the school or the government will cover the remainder. This, unfortunately, is not the case. Most colleges do not have the means to meet all their students' full need through scholarships, and almost all of the Federal awards have limits that often fall short of tuition costs. \n\nYour low EFC *probably* means that you are eligible for most of the aid that your school has to offer for students in your program, including a Pell grant (if you are an undergrad), a Stafford Loan, a Perkins loan, an SEOG, Work-Study. Depending on where you live, you may also receive some aid from your state.\n\nMany of these funds (except Pell -- the amounts for which are set by a specific table that compares your Cost of Attendance to your EFC) are allotted at the school's discretion. These days, there is never enough SEOG, Perkins, and FWS to go around, so it is uncommon for schools to award students to their maximum eligibility -- even to full-need students.\n\nNonetheless, you should take your EFC as a sign that plenty of people out there feel that you show a good deal of need. Search for need-based (and merit-based, if you have done well in school) scholarships anywhere you can: libraries, your former high school, your future college, clubs/associations near you, and the internet:\n\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships/other.phtml\nhttp://www.fastweb.com\nhttp://www.srnexpress.com\nhttp://www.scholarships.com\nhttp://www.scholarships101.com\nhttp://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\nhttp://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\nhttp://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n\nYou will probably need to cull funding from a number of sources as scholarships (small and large) are very competitive. Please be wary of scholarship scams, not the least of which is the claim that that there are "tons of unclaimed scholarships" just floating around out there. For information on this myth (and other scams), try reading these pages: \n\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships/unclaimedaid.phtml\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships/protecting.phtml\nhttp://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/ouchalrt.htm
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If you expect (or want to) receive any financial aid to pay for college, you need to either spend that money or hide it in a (gasp) retirement account. If you don't, FAFSA asks you how much you have saved, and your financial aid package will expect you to spend all of that money.\n\nThe best retirement account to hide it in is a Roth IRA (but you can only contribute to it in the same year that the money is earned, so it might be too late for you). Do some research online into Roth IRA's.\n\nIf you don't expect any financial aid or you don't find a retirement account, you should put the money into an account that earns the most interest. Generally it'll be an online money market or savings account. Currently the best ones are linked below. Make sure you read the terms and understand how to transfer money in and out of these accounts.
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It really does depend on the college you want a degree from. Some colleges (the good ones) will see that you got a GED and think "why should we accept her if she can't even make it through high school?" But if you work hard in your first two years of college then they will see how well you've improved. \n\nA GED will not affect you fafsa application and will be granted depending on your need for aid. Some people are well off still get more than enough fafsa.\n\nAnother thing you have to think of is....Do you really want to go into the college world not being fully prepared for it? If you don't test at the right level when you enter college then you will be wasting your grant money on precredit classes and sometimes fafsa will not pay for that. \n\nWell I hope I've been helpful and given you something to think of.\nBest of luck to you!
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First you need to decide which schools you might want to apply to and then go online to FAFSA.com and fill out your FAFSA form.  You can put any University down as a possible, you don't have to apply to all of them or any of them first.  To do the FAFSA you will need last years tax info.\nOnce the FAFSA is filled out you can see how much you are responsible for paying and how much you can attain in Loans and Grants.  Then when you have been accepted to the schools you can go in and talk to the financial aid advisor about scholorships and grants that you can apply for.  The scholarships and grants you can apply for will be determined by the major you decide on.  Different majors have different scholarships. and grants. \n\nGood Luck
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Why don't you want to use the FAFSA?  Even if you don't want federal or state aid (for which the FAFSA is required), most schools and many scholarship organizations require it as proof of your financial need.  Generally, families who don't file the FAFSA (when they are otherwise eligible) get placed in the category of "low-need family" (i.e. we regard them as not needing as much aid, even if this is not the case, simply because they have not chosen to prove otherwise).  If you haven't tried filing the FAFSA before and don't know what your EFC would be, try a simplified version of the formula here:  http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml  Note: Part of the EFC calculation relates to the age of the oldest parent, so if you are relatively older parents, the amount of money reserved for your "income/asset protection allowance" might be higher than you think (in layman's terms, your EFC might be lowered because you are a ittle older than most applicants' parents).\n\nDeadlines for Financial Aid vary by school.  Some schools operate on a "first-come, first-served" basis when it comes to their institutional funding.  It never hurts to ask, though.  \n\nThere are thousands (if not millions) of scholarships out there at any given time and many of them accept appplications on a rolling basis.  try searching any of the many online scholarship databases until you see one (several, ideally) you like and apply:\n\n* http://www.fastweb.com/\n* http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\n* http://www.scholarships101.com/\n* http://www.srnexpress.com/\n* http://www.scholarships.com/\n* http://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\n* http://www.finaid.org/scholarships\n* http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n\nNote: I've known a handful of families who elect not to file the FAFSA because of non-Financial Aid-related beliefs (one who, for example, was conscientious objector and didn't want his son to be required to register for the Selective Service, which the FAFSA does require).  If this is your situation and you are interested in need-based institutional funding, talk to the school to let them know why you won't be filing.
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That number means that your Expected Family Contribution is $0 (put another way, this means you are a "full need" student).  \n\nHowever, it should be emphasized that this does not mean that 100% of your schooling will be paid for. Many FAFSA applicants mistakenly believe that a $0 EFC (or very low EFC) means that the school or the government will cover the remainder.  This is not the case.  Most colleges do not have the means to meet all their students' full need through scholarships, and almost all of the Federal awards have limits that often fall short of tuition costs. \n\nHere is a sample financial aid package for a $0 EFC student (this assumes that you are a first-year dependent undergraduate student):\n\n-- $2,626 Stafford Loan\n-- $4,050 Pell Grant\n-- up to $4,000 (max.) Perkins Loan *\n-- up to $4,000 (max.) SEO Grant *\n-- a Federal Work-Study Award (FWS) -- from as low as a few hundred $ up to your unmet need *\n\n* {These funds are allotted at the school's discretion. These days, there is never enough SEOG, Perkins, and FWS to go around, so it is uncommon for schools to award students to their maximum eligibility.  While a student *could* be eligible for a great deal of Work-Study, most schools impose limits of a few thousand at most.}\n\n-- Your home-state may offer additional grants/loans to their residents. These awards are based on financial need, but check the criteria before expecting these funds to be part of your package. \n-- scholarships from your school (amounts very greatly and may not be based on your financial need but, rather, academic performance, etc.)\n\nLook at these awards in light of your tuition costs.  If you are planning on attending a low-cost school, it is possible that your financial need will be met with this package.  However, the average undergraduate student's financial aid package won't meet the cost of a private school education and you will need to seek out private/outside scholarships, appeal for additional scholarship from your school, or borrow a non-federal loan to supplement your aid package.\n\n{Just in case you aren't an undergrad... As a grad student, your $0 EFC would make you eligible for up to $18,500 in Federal Stafford loan funds and up to $6,000 in Perkins loan funds.  Graduate students are not eligible for Pell or SEOG.}
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College costs are based on ability to pay in a couple ways. She will have to fill out the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid first and the government will then tell her what her "expected family contribution" will be. This is based on income, etc. If the EFC is too much for her to pay, she can contact the school who will help her. She may be able to fill out a financial aid revision form (which gives her the chance to better explain her financial situation) and he will get additional aid. Her son can also apply for grants and scholarships. His high school counselor should be able to help him fill out forms to get these.
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You could get a student loan to help pay for college, but they check your credit as a condition to see if you are approved.  If you need extra money to go to college you should definately fill out a FAFSA application for the pell grant.  There is no fee to apply, and if you qualify the government will give you free money to go to college based on your financial need.
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All you should have to do is file the FAFSA and include your school's "school code" on it; once you do that, they can get the results themselves.  Did they ASK you for a printout?  \n\nI tend to be wary of Financial Aid Offices that require their students to bring them paper copies of their FAFSA results. Your school should have a computer system that allows them to download your FAFSA results directly (see the link below for the rules on "Administrative Capability").  Moreover, a good school will want to see more than just your EFC -- there is a lot more to your FAFSA results than that. \n\nIt seems that you've done everything right; just make sure your school is doing the same.
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It shouldn't.  I have found the only things that change your FAFSA are changes in income.  For example if your income increases, your EFC will be higher.  If your income decreases, your EFC will be lower.  This is most likely for people who fill it out before doing their taxes, and estimate their income.
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Start your quest at www.fafsa.ed.gov fill this out and indicate which school you will like to attend... Go to that school and fill out a financial aid application... They will be sent the results from the government telling you how much (if any) aid you qualify for.. \nGood Luck!
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First submit your FAFSA- everyone is "approved" by fafsa- the amount you will receive in loans and scholarships is based upon your financial need- and that of your parents if you are not considered an Independent student.  If you qualify as an independent study, (you would have to prove that you supported yourself for one year prior to being admitted into college) you would then qualify for the MOST in subsidized and unsubsidized stafford loans.  Apply for FAFSA online, list the school/schools you are interested in.  *you will need your income tax info for last year from you and your parents.  And NO, you do NOT need to be accepted to a college first-it is better to submit the form before you commit to any college- you will then get EFC-expected family contribution $$$ so you can foresee what colleges you can truly afford to go to--- Good luck- again, google fafsa, there will be many other sites to help look for other scholarships.
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I also applied to an online college (AIU Online). It seemed ok at first but they were not very helpful and gave me false information. This is why I opted out, however, it was after I had received a pell grant. If you are having doubts, change your mind. Online colleges are ok for if you need to complete a simple course toward your degree. But simply getting your degree strictly from an online university isn't the way to go. Unfortunately, I found out almost too late. Good luck!
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Have you started by talking to the financial aid office at the college you're interested in?  They'll determine your eligibility for many different kinds of aid--both public and private, subsidized and unsubsidized.  True, you may end up having to take out a private loan (or a combination of things--loans, work-study, etc.)--but they may be able to point you in a better direction than if you try to do it on your own.  Remember: if you don't go there, they don't get the money--so it's in their (the Financial Aid dept.) interest to find a way to get you what you need.  \n\nApologies if you've already gone this route.  Anyway, good luck.