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Accessing the 2024-25 FAFSA may be easier now for those without a Social Security number

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By Catherine Mueller The gate restricting entry to the FAFSA for some students and their parents has been opened by the Department of Education. In an Electronic Announcement this week, the U.S. Department of Education said it would allow students, whose parents may not have a Social Security number, to immediately access the 2024-25 FAFSA online after creating […]

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Nine reasons why a student wouldn’t ask a parent to provide information on the FAFSA

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By Catherine Mueller For most students, applying for financial aid for college is not a solo act. In other words, students who are under the age of 24 must ask their parent or parents to contribute to their FAFSA – unless they have personal or unusual circumstances that exempt them from including parent information. If a

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Resources to help with FAFSA corrections

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By Catherine Mueller This week, the Department of Education is emailing students and contributors who still need to make a correction to a 2024-25 FAFSA form, as well as to those who started a form, but did not yet submit it. In addition, the Department recently launched two videos – one for students and one for contributors – that

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Six things you should check on your FAFSA Submission Summary

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After successfully completing your FAFSA, you should celebrate your accomplishment. However, don’t celebrate so much that you forget you will have other tasks to complete. One of those tasks is to review your FAFSA Submission Summary. One to three days after a student submits a 2024-25 FAFSA (and provided a valid email address), the student

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Students begin receiving FAFSA Submission Summaries but can’t make corrections yet

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By Catherine Mueller The Department of Education began processing FAFSAs in March and some students have received their FAFSA Submission Summaries. However, if a student needs to correct or update FAFSA information, they’ll need to wait. After announcing that students will be able to make corrections sometime in the first half of April, the Department of

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“4 reasons why you need to complete the FAFSA” flyer updated

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To help high school educators and college access professionals communicate with students about the importance of the 2024-25 FAFSA, Mapping Your Future created the “4 reasons why you should complete the FAFSA” flyer. The flyer was recently updated with new insight in completing the 2024-25 FAFSA. The flyer is available in English and in Spanish. Mapping Your Future

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Push to increase FAFSA completion before graduation

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For high school seniors, the next few weeks will be critical to getting their FAFSA completed. As of March 29, approximately 35 percent of the high school class of 2024 have submitted a FAFSA, a 27 percent drop in completions compared to the same period last year – a decrease which for the most part

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Think twice before you answer “yes” to this FAFSA question

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Among the problems facing students and parents with the 2024-25 FAFSA are the wording of some of the questions. One particular question is tripping up some students and possibly making them ineligible for financial aid they would have otherwise received. The question is no. 8 on the student portion of the form: “Direct Unsubsidized Loan

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