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Understanding the FAFSA Process

After paying for college, completing The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is probably the most important step a student and parent can take to make sure they are prepared to pay for college. Through the FAFSA students can become eligible for grants, often it is used in the deciding process for some scholarships, and it is the application used for some of the lowest interest rate loans.   Below you will find links and videos on how to complete the FAFSA, obtain your FSA ID, and hopefully documents that will answer many of your questions about the FAFSA.

Students AND parents will need to create FSA IDs prior to being able to complete the FAFSA. Please click on FSA ID to create yours or you click or copy and paste: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/fsaid

To log on and start your student's FAFSA, or to learn more information about Federal Student Aid, please click on FAFSA or visit https://fafsa.gov/

Click on this link for the Financial Aid PowerPoint, presented at our Tabor Forum Series by Tom Benza, Associate Director of Financial Aid at Wake Forest University - PowerPoint

Please look over these resource documents prior to completing the FAFSA:

Here is a video that can be helpful in completing the FAFSA: FAFSA Video

Handbook on Completing the FAFSA (lengthy document, has a lot of information)

Determining Dependency Status

If you have not yet completed the FAFSA, are still searching for money for College due to a change in family circumstances or simply just needs some answers about your FAFSA, please refer to the links below. They are short, 3-5 minute videos created by NC financial aid administrators directed towards helping you and your family understand the FAFSA, Verification Process, Student Aid Report and more. There are two choices for accessing, YouTube Channel or the Mapping Your Future web site. Please use whichever works best for you and your family.

YouTube Channel

1)           What Happens After the FAFSA is Filed? Link: https://youtu.be/3QOyZ1pAI30

2)           North Carolina State Grants: Link: https://youtu.be/xXlMlpam21c

3)           Making Changes on the FAFSA; When to contact the financial aid office: Link: https://youtu.be/u53SbiHMkuo

4)           What to do when there is a change/loss of income: Link: https://youtu.be/6ZjJ7-sVDvw

5)           Verification: What to do if my FAFSA is chosen: Link: https://youtu.be/1gNpa-Rs4HM

6)           Student Aid Report – How to Use it: Link: https://youtu.be/Op5nKUVYTPI

Mapping Your Future

http://mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/WhatHappensAfterYourFileTheFAFSA.mp4

http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/StateGrantsandScholarships.mp4

http://mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/MakingChangestotheFAFSA.mp4

http://mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/WhatisProfessionalJudgment.mp4

http://mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/WhatIsVerificaiton.mp4

http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/downloads/StudentAidReport.mp4

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