Thomas asks…
How long should I wait until a university offers financial aid after applying for a FAFSA?
It’s been months since I applied for a FAFSA. I sent the application to 10 universities. The Fall semester is so near, but I haven’t received any emails that imply any possibilities for me to receive financial aid. I’m starting to get worried 🙁
If you have any experience with the FAFSA, I’m really looking forward to your answer. Thanks!
Michelle answers:
Have you been admitted to those universities? I seriously doubt that you will receive financial aid awards to the universities unless you have 1. Sent in your application, 2. Been admitted, 3. Sent in your tuition deposit. Unless it seems like you have high intentions of possibly coming to their university, I don’t think that they will determine your financial aid eligibility. The process of finding out if someone is eligible for loans, scholarships, grants, etc takes time and resources, and universities have to do this for thousands of students.
I recommend contacting those universities to make sure they received your FAFSA and college applications. If you haven’t heard anything from them at all in 10 months, you definitely need to get cracking on finding things out. College starts back in just a couple of months for most places, and if you’re going to be living on campus, housing options are probably running out. I personally received my award letter just a couple of weeks after I finished my FAFSA, so 10 months seems much too long.
Just contact the colleges, see what’s going on, and get the information directly. Most college have nice representatives to talk to, so you don’t need to feel scared about speaking to them. 🙂
Linda asks…
What federal grant websites are out there other than FAFSA?
I am going to beauty school soon and I have a FAFSA grant for $5,000 and I need about $10,000 more. Are there any other sites like FAFSA that are government grants?
Michelle answers:
No. All government student grants are applied for using FAFSA. $5,000 is the maximum in Pell Grant money and if you weren’t offered anything else, then that’s it.
You can always apply for scholarships and you probably qualified for stafford loans that will give you another $5,500. Other than that, you will need to look into private loans or possibly a parent loan (if your parents are willing to do that). If your parents are denied a parent loan then you’d be eligible to borrow more from the stafford loan program.
Paul asks…
How could I file my own fafsa declared as an independant?
So I’m tired of living with this piece of feces I call “Mom.” I want to move out next semester and have a job so I can support myself. How and where would I file myself as an independent so I can file FAFSA? Currently, I have myself as a dependent and they use her information to see how much I need for school. She never helps me with school at all anyways even though she adds me to her taxes.
Michelle answers:
Either turn 24, get married, have achild, or join the military.
Just because you move out and she doesn’t claim you doesn’t make you independent for FAFSA.
Mandy asks…
How to change financial aid from one college to another on FAFSA?
I have several schools listed on my FAFSA, how do I “select” the school that I want the financial aid applied to?
Michelle answers:
All the schools that are listed on your fafsa will be sent your financial information. However, this is the extent to which you can interact with it.
To select which school you want to attend, you tell the SCHOOL directly. The FAFSA form doesn’t need to know which one you eventually go to… It is just a form.
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