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2023/2024 FAFSA Deadlines Parents Need to Know

College Aid Consulting Services

The 2023-2024 FAFSA® deadlines parents need to know. FAFSA applications started on October 1, 2022. It’s important for students to submit their applications for financial aid as soon as possible. The sooner you file your FAFSA the better your chances of maximizing your financial aid.

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Crunch Time for the FAFSA Rollout

College Planners of America

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the means by which students obtain their fair share of the billions of dollars in Federal, state, and college financial aid to help defray the cost of college. The problems affecting the current admissions cycle began when the 2024-25 FAFSA was late.

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Appealing Financial Aid Awards – Part 1

College Planners of America

The worst that can happen to admitted students who appeal is that the college’s financial aid office will decline to improve their offer of aid. Colleges use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to determine how much financial aid an applicant is eligible to receive.

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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. On Monday, the U.S.

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The 2024-25 FAFSA Roadmap

College Planners of America

The 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) integrates major changes in the way students will apply for Federal student aid. Education Department (ED), these changes will help students by enabling a better and simpler FAFSA experience. According to the U.S.

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FAFSA Delay Will Cause Problems 

College Planners of America

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process. Education Department ( ED ) was to complete the changes to the FAFSA system mandated by the Act in time for the 2022-23 award year (college admissions cycle).

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Heads up, the T(r)ails of Verification (part 2)

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Flip a coin… See where it lands… One of these principles is that while financial aid officers are not accountants, we do need to know some basic tax information. NCAN (the National College Attainment Network) in 2017 published a study of the leaky FAFSA pipeline. Here are the trials of verification.