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Income & Assets: What Do I Include on the FAFSA...What Do I Leave Out?

The whole point of the FAFSA is to measure your ability or your family’s ability to contribute to your college expenses. Everyone needs to provide income information...

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Why the Rush? Because States Have Deadlines, Too

Why the Rush?  When submitting the FAFSA, you’re automatically applying for state grant programs as well as federal financial aid. Some states award money on a first-come...

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The Top Ten Ways to Have a Fab FAFSA

Follow these ten tips to make your FAFSA fab!  Read these hints before you plunge into the FAFSA and you'll be on your way to a completed application...

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Video: Completing the FAFSA

Following a few key tips will quicken your FAFSA submission

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Submit to the FAFSA: How to Fill It Out and Turn It In

Just how do you submit the FAFSA in the most efficient way possible? Applying online at www.fafsa.gov is the quickest and most accurate way to file your FAFSA...

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Get Your Stuff Together Before Doing the FAFSA (Documents You Need)

Have you ever spent an entire weekend afternoon watching the Food Channel?  It’s kind of addictive, partly because those TV chefs make it look so easy.  Their secret?  Preparation...

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Whoomp, There It Is: Avoid These Common FAFSA Mistakes

Because the information you submit on the FAFSA is critical in determining your eligibility for financial aid, mistakes can be costly...

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Help! I Made a Mistake On My FAFSA - Now What?

Although filing the FAFSA on the Web helps minimize errors it’s still easy to accidentally goof up when answering more than 100 different questions...

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Whose FAFSA Is it Anyway? Take This Quiz to Find Out

Your eligibility for federal grants will depend on your available household resources.  But how does the federal government determine if you have to provide information about...

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8 FAFSA Myths -- All Busted!

We're not blowing up stuff like the guys on the Mythbusters show, but we do explain away and bust the eight most common FAFSA myths...

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  • Income & Assets:  What Do I Include on the FAFSA...What Do I Leave Out?Income & Assets: What Do I Include on the FAFSA...What Do I Leave Out?
  • Why the Rush?  Because States Have Deadlines, TooWhy the Rush? Because States Have Deadlines, Too
  • The Top Ten Ways to Have a Fab FAFSAThe Top Ten Ways to Have a Fab FAFSA
  • Video:  Completing the FAFSAVideo: Completing the FAFSA
  • Submit to the FAFSA:  How to Fill It Out and Turn It InSubmit to the FAFSA: How to Fill It Out and Turn It In
  • Get Your Stuff Together Before Doing the FAFSA (Documents You Need)Get Your Stuff Together Before Doing the FAFSA (Documents You Need)
  • Whoomp, There It Is:  Avoid These Common FAFSA MistakesWhoomp, There It Is: Avoid These Common FAFSA Mistakes
  • Help!  I Made a Mistake On My FAFSA - Now What?Help! I Made a Mistake On My FAFSA - Now What?
  • Whose FAFSA Is it Anyway?  Take This Quiz to Find OutWhose FAFSA Is it Anyway? Take This Quiz to Find Out
  • 8 FAFSA Myths -- All Busted!8 FAFSA Myths -- All Busted!
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