How long does it take to receive financial aid for college, once you apply for it?
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After you apply for aid on the FAFSA site, with a school code, and send it, it takes about 24-48 for the school to receive it. When they financially package you, your billing will be set up to come out of a student account. PELL usually goes in after a few weeks, followed by unsubsidized loans, and finally scholarships. You can usually pull out any unused funds sometime after the midterm.
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You should complete a financial aid application at www.fafsa.ed.gov.  The grants and loans awarded through this application are not based on your credit.  You will need your tax returns to complete the application.  Contact your financial aid office for the timeline on what you must do after the application is recieved.  \n\nDO NOT pay for a scholarship search!  Search at www.fastweb.com this is a free scholarship search.
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What you're eligible for will be determined by your total income. The fact you're getting nothing from your family suggests it will be based on your annual income alone. Unless you're making very good money, I'd be surprised if you weren't eligible for some grant money. The amount will be determined by the financial aid office at the college or university you're applying to. You'll likely have options on both grants and loans, but be careful to remember that while the grants have no strings attached, the loans must be repaid at some point (with interest). So try to take out as little in loan money as you possibly can. Good luck!
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FT-12 hours or more..PT 6 hours or less..financial aid at least 6 hours
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Fill out the FAFSA.  They will give you information on the PELL Grant (a federal grant), any state grants, and any loans (subsidized and unsubsidized) you may be eligible for.
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No, you can continue to file a FAFSA until the semester/year you are applying for is finished, but your school will require it by a specific date. Remember, too, that it takes a couple of days for the school to receive and process your application, and they may request verification of dependency or income. That is random- one out of every 30 at my school, Texas Tech. So, this could slow the process. \n\nApril 1st was the recommended FAFSA due date for the Fall semester at Tech. Your school may have an earlier or later date, but it's important to get it in as early as possible because each school has an amount they give out in grants, and you don't want to find out too late that you're not getting what you need.
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Ok this is when you go to the financial aid office and request a meeting or request an appeal with FAFSA. The best way to go about this is to speak with the head of your financial aid department and find out the procedure for your individual school. I am a college student and have gone through similar situations in the past. Just walk into your schools financial aid department and tell them your situation.
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complete a fafsa application
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Your FAFSA is always due if not on then around March 10 for the following school year to be eligible for grants from the government.  However, you can file it as early as the beginning of the year.
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Your first step is to contact the financial aid office at the college or university you want to attend.  That office is your gateway to need-based grants, scholarships, work-study and loans.  Ask for information on applying for financial aid and any deadlines that you have to meet.  Then follow through with their directions ASAP.  Your should also contact the scholarship office on campus for information on merit-based  scholarships (those awarded to students with good grades; and endowed scholarships (those financed by alumni or local corporations).  Once you've done this, you can start looking at alternative sources of funding.  Private/corporate scholarships and grants are indexed in a variety of places (on-line and in books at your local public library).  You might also check with your or your parents' employer  to see if there are any scholarships available.  Also  check with your church, synagogue or diocese; local fraternal organization (Lion's Club, Shriner's, Optimist's, Rotary Club); and if you belong to a youth group (boy scouts, girl scouts, etc.) or athletic team, check with the sponsor to see if scholarships are available.
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Not many people are deny for financial aid. You should be ok, the problem that many people have with getting financial aid is when they or their parents have a lot of savings in the bank. When my friends and I were going through filling out FAFSA forms, my friend's parents didn't make a lot of money but they had no mortgage just every day bills and they didn't spend a lot so it went into their savings one of my friends parents had over $85,000 in their savings. She didn't get any financial aid can you understand why? $85,000 11 years paid for college 2 times over.
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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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You do not get a "FAFSA check."  You get a list of loans and grants that you are eligable for.  Actually, your school will tell you what you are eligible for.  It could be nothing...it could be everything.
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Usually after you recieve ur FEDs your state should be arriving a week to two weeks later... State always takes longer... Next time I suggest having everything direct deposited into a bank account it's so much more convenient and it's quicker...
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yes - FAFSA and fastweb are two good sources.\n\nwww.fafsa.ed.gov and www.fastweb.com\n\nThe college or university you plan on attending will also offer scholarships but they have deadlines - apply asap\n\nEven though the applications appear to be complicated the really are not - so don't pay anyone to do it for you
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Your financial aid should arrive before the semester begins.  If you applied for financial aid past the deadline then you will probably be required to pay for your tuition and books when the semester starts and then wait to be reimbursed.  If you had more financial aid than you had college expenses then you should be sent a refund check in the mail towards the end of the semester.  You should contact your college for more information on exact date they mail the refund checks to students.
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Go to the financial aid office and ask.  Often times ome paperwork hasn't been completed.