Complete the FAFSA here: https://fafsa.ed.gov/

Opens October 1

Things you need ready to file the FAFSA:

• Student FSA ID and Password

  • Memorize and save this information; it is used year after year

  • Use an email account accessible to you after high school; it cannot be the same email account as your parent’s FSA ID and Password

• Parent FSA ID and Password

  • Memorize and save this information; it is used year after year

• Last year's Financial Information for Student and Parent(s) – tax return, bank statements, asset information (does not include a primary residence or 401K or IRA balances)

• Student Social Security Number

• Parent(s) Social Security Number

• IRS Data Retrieval Tool (found in the FAFSA, it will prepopulate some of the FAFSA data from your submitted tax forms)

  • This tool is not available if you:

    • are married, but file separately

    • file an amended return

    • have no Social Security Number

• Time! (The good news is renewals only take about 10 minutes!)

A Few Common Questions:

• What if my tax information does not reflect my current circumstances?

  • Complete the FAFSA with your information, and then contact the post-secondary school to see if your situation qualifies for any special considerations (e.g. divorce or death in the family, a major change in income, etc.)

• Who is my parent?

  • Parents live together: include both on the FAFSA.

  • Parents are divorced or separated: include the parent that you lived with more during the past 12 months

    • If equal, include the parent that provided more financial support in the last 12 months

    • If equal, determine which parent to put on the FAFSA

  • If putting a parent on the FAFSA that has remarried, the stepparent’s financial information must also be included on the FAFSA.

Helps:

Federal Student Aid YouTube Channel Videos

@Federal Student Aid Facebook page

@FAFSA Twitter feed