Mark asks…
What is the best aid for getting into besides FAFSA?
I’m trying to get back into school, but I need assistance. I messed up my FAFSA a few years back when I was in school. Now I’m trying to go back and I’ve been thinking about getting a loan and doing scholarship searches but it’s all confusing to me. Please help.
Michelle answers:
Most loan companies and scholorships will require to file a FAFSA to determine eligability. If you “messed” it up a few years back and then left school, you will be filing an entirely new FAFSA to go back again (if it has been more than 12 months since you previously left school). Private loans do not depend on the FAFSA, but the interest rates are much higher than the federal loans. Any financial aide from the school will require a FAFSA as well. If you have any questions about how to start a new FAFSA, there is online and telephone support numbers on the site to help you out. Call them.
Lizzie asks…
Is it legal to do peoples Fafsa forms with permission?
Hello, so basically I have been doing my Fafsa since I graduated high school. And all my friends and friends of theirs don’t know how or are to lazy to do it themselves but they qualify! I was thinking what if i started a business where I can handle all that for them and get a small percentage. Like 30$ per applicant or a percentage. Please any advice would be great, I’m a struggling college student. who needs some extra cash, I just don’t want to fill out anyones work for them and then end being illegal.
Michelle answers:
Sure it’s legal BUT it contains so much personal and confidential information that I imagine you won’t find any takers. Think about it — with the information contained in a FAFSA, you could open up credit cards, take out loans, etc. AND because you aren’t a certified CPA or a lawyer, there is no code of ethics to keep you honest.
I think you need another way to earn cash.
Sandy asks…
Fafsa verification does the school have a way to verify the income tax return I submit was the one I filed?
The school is asking for my income tax return to verify my eligibility against the information on my fafsa. Do they have a way to verify that the income tax form 1040A I give them is a copy of the genuine return I actually filed this year?
Michelle answers:
GOOD QUESTION I JUST FINISHED FILLING OUT MY FAFSA TODAY AND WELL ALTHOUGH THEY HAVENT ASKED ME YET I AM PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE WAYS TO VERIFY…ARE YOU IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL OR ALREADY IN COLLEGE…THE SCHOOL WILL AUTOMATICALLY TELL YOU IN YOU NEED TO SEND THEM ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT IS TRUE
Mandy asks…
Should i send CSS profile to a college if i couldnt send them the fafsa?
I applied to the university of michigan. I have already filed my fafsa and it only let me send it to 10 schools. I couldnt fit university of michigan. Should i bother to spend money and send them my css profile? Please help!
Michelle answers:
If you are really interested in attending the University of Michigan and hope to be awarded Federal grant money and/or be offered a Federal student loan, you must understand that you need to choose to remove one of the other 10 Federal school codes on the FAFSA and then add the Fed. School code for the Univ. Of Mich. To that application.
Are you applying to/have you applied to the Univ. Of Michigan plus 10 other schools? If so, I hope you realize you probably will have to pay for those 11 applications. Many universities require application fees to be paid. I see the Univ. Of Michigan application fee is $65.
Source: http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/application-faqs
The Univ. Of Michigan asks applicants to submit the CSS Profile if they wish to be considered for need-based University grants and scholarships (money from university funds, which is different from Federal student aid funds.)
If you are truly interested in the Univ. Of Michigan as a school, and if you are truly interested in trying to be awarded as much money in financial aid as possible, then you will need to have the FAFSA information sent to the univ. Financial aid office AND have the CSS Profile sent there, too.
The deadlines for submitting both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile to the Univ. Of Mich. Is April 30.
Source: http://www.admissions.umich.edu/drupal/checklist
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