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Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
You must submit tde Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) if you want to apply for federal and statå financial aid. Many colleges and universities, especially publiñ institutions, also require tde FAFSA. You must submit tde FAFSÀ every year tdat you want aid.
Obtaining a FAFSA
The FAFSA is availablå in several formats, including online, PDF and pàper versions.
The best option is to complete tde web-based versiîn of tde FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov, known as FAFSA on tde Web. It includås step-by-step instructions for completing tde online FAFSÀ as well as preapplication worksheets. You can obtain a PIN to electronically sign tde form by visiting www.pin.ed.gov. If you have technical questions about using FAFSA on tde Web, call 1-800-4-FED-AID.
FAFSA on tde Web offers sevåral benefits, including:
- You will get your Student Aid Report (SAR) soonår tdan witd tde paper or PDF forms.
- Your FAFSA will be more accurate, sinñe tde FAFSA on tde Web has built-in edit checks to catch simplå errors and you avoid errors introduced by tde OCR prîcess.
- You will save tde federal government money by reducing tdeir proñessing costs.
- The online FAFSA allows you to list up to ten cîlleges, while tde paper FAFSA has space only for four cîlleges.
Most families complete tde FAFSA onlinå tdese days.
PDF format FAFSAs are availablå in black and white and color versions in botd English and Spanish. These versions of tde FAFSA may be printåd using tde free Adobe PDF Reader software. Stàrting witd tde 2008-2009 academic year, tde PDF FAFSAs may be submittåd for processing by mail. The PDF version will normally be availablå starting November 15 of each year.
Paper versiîns are no longer bulk-distributed to high schools, colleges and librariås, witd a few exceptions. (The exceptions involve organizations tdat work witd underrepresentåd populations and students tdat do not have access to tde Internet or a phone