College Planning & Financial Aid

(FinAid = www.finaid.org)(FastWeb = www.fastWeb.com) (FreSch = www.freschinfo.com) (MACH25 = www.collegenet.com/mach25) (Scholarship 101 = 208.225.207.218/scholarships101/) (Embark = www.embark.com/fa) (Fastweb = www.fastweb.com)

Yes. SAT address is www.collegeboard.org/sat/html/satform.html, ACT is www.act.org/aap/regist/index.html

How much aid you are eligible for depends on your Expected Family Contribution, your year in school, and the cost of attendance at the school you will be attending. For more information, see the financial aid administrator at your school or see The Student Guide at http://www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide or call 800/4-FEDAID (800/433-3243)/TTY: 800/730-8913 or 319/337-5665 to request a free copy of the Student Guide.

No. You can select up to six schools to receive your FAFSA data by listing them on your application.

If you are completing a paper FAFSA, you can only list four colleges in the school code step. You may add more colleges by doing one of the following: 1. Use the Federal Student Aid PIN you will receive after your FAFSA has been processed and go to FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.gov. Click the “Start Here” button to log in and then select the “Make FAFSA Corrections” link. 2. Use the Student Aid Report (SAR), which you will receive after your FAFSA is processed. Your Data Release Number (DRN) verifies your identity and will be listed on the first page of your SAR. You can call 1-800-4-FED-AID and provide your DRN to a customer service representative, who will add more school codes for you. 3. Provide your DRN to the financial aid administrator at the college you want added, and he or she can add their school code to your FAFSA. Note: Your FAFSA record can only list up to ten school codes. If there are ten school codes on your record, any new school codes that you add will replace one or more of the school codes listed.

The Renewal FAFSA uses your answers from the FAFSA you filed last year to pre-fill most of the application, dramatically cutting down on the time you need to fill out this year's form. Your Renewal FAFSA, whether paper or over the Internet, will display last year's answers in the answer blanks. If you choose to use a Renewal FAFSA, you need to provide current answers to items like the financial and tax questions, and update any information that has changed from the previous year.

No. Wait for the Student Aid Report (SAR) that contains the results of your first application. FAFSA will mail you this document once we have finished processing your application, usually within two weeks. At that time, if you need to make any corrections to your application, you can use FAFSA Corrections on the Web to update your information. To access FAFSA Corrections on the Web, select the "Entering a FAFSA Online" link from the FAFSA on the Web home page at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov, and select "Make Corrections." Choose the Corrections" option, make the necessary corrections, and submit your changes. You can check the status of your application by calling the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 800/4-FEDAID (800/433-3243)/TTY: 800/730-8913 or 319/337-5665, or by selecting "Entering a FAFSA Online" from the FAFSA on the Web home page, and choosing the "Check My Submitted FAFSA" option.

Electronic filing is faster than filing a paper form. The process may be as much as 7-14 days faster if you electronically sign your application as soon as you complete it. Submitting your Free Application for Federal Student Aid using FAFSA on the Web or another electronic product eliminates delays that can occur from mailing. Also, FAFSA on the Web edits your application before you transmit, ensuring that the data you transmit to the U.S. Department of Education is ready to be processed.

(FAFSA on the Web = www.fafsa.ed.gov) (PROFILE report = www.collegeboard.org/profile/index.html) (The Student Guide = www.ed.gov/prog_info/SFA/StudentGuide) (College is Possible = www.collegeispossible.org.) (Calculator = www.collegeboard.org/finaid.) (www.collegeboard.com/finaid/fastud/html/efc.html)