Talk:FAFSA

Combined income

Are you sure the combined income has to be less than 16,000 because mine isn't and all efc estimators told me zero —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.42.111.20 (talk • contribs) ) 20:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC).

The auto-zero EFC income threshold is $24,000 in 2015-2016. This is the income level at which an applicant automatically qualifies for the maximum Federal Pell Grant. Mkant (talk) 16:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

According to the FAFSA, the age of independent status is 24 years or more. On the 05-06 fafsa the questions asks if you were born before january 1st, 1981 and on the 06/07 fafsa, its were you born before 01/01/1982. Thus the student needs to be at least turning 24 in that calendar year.

This comment is mostly accurate. To be considered independent based on age, the applicant must reach age 24 by December 31 of the award year. Mkant (talk) 16:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

State Deadlines

The statement that there are six states with deadlines on a first-come, first-served basis is incorrect. Nine states are listed in the book Filing the FAFSA as having deadlines on a first-come, first-served basis, three states with February deadlines and eleven states with March deadlines. Mkant (talk) 16:34, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

2010 Income Cut Offs

Can someone place the income cut off for students under 24 and over 24. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.25.3.226 (talk) 14:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

There are no explicit income cutoffs for Federal Pell Grant eligibility. The EFC cutoff since 2012 has been 90% of the maximum Federal Pell Grant. But EFC depends on more than just income. See the discussion of income cutoffs at https://www.edvisors.com/fafsa/secrets/income-level/. Mkant (talk) 16:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

FAFSA Consequences

How much are you expected to pay back? In how many years? Is there any interest?

The FAFSA doesn't give you an aid package, the FAFSA tells the school what you are eligible for, then they send you an award letter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.7.228.29 (talk) 14:18, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Dependency appeals?

This section is worded differently from the source. This sentence gives the impression that a student can appeal providing parent information if the parent refuses to help. This is incorrect. Students can only appeal in very limited circumstances and the judgment of the school is final. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.7.228.29 (talk) 14:44, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Assets Sentence

"This brings the question of why parents' assets are a factor at all, because of the fact that they are no more legally related to the student than is a complete stranger." This sentence should be revised. A parent, by definition, is related to their child. Turning 18 years of age does not then make them any less related. Also, it may be worth rewording the sentence. As it is written currently, this statement can come off as biased. A counter opinion on the subject should also be posted. Maybe adding in the philosophy as to why parents' income and assets are asked for on the FAFSA would give a more well-round glimpse onto the subject. Jonnyminogue (talk) 08:24, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

What Institutions Don't Fafsa?

What American colleges/universities have their own applications and don't require the use of fafsa/profile for access to their finaid? 98.98.249.70 (talk) 14:19, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

history

I think a history of FAFSA is justified to place it in the context of the history of financial aid for education in the US. I vaguely remember applying for student aid in the 60s, and seem to recall some requirement for 1040 information or copied being required in some cases as stories of rich kids getting government aid while poor working class were denied. Mulp (talk) 19:57, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

The comment above is referring to the old Bright-Line Test, which required a student to have annual earnings of $4,000 or more and to be not claimed as a dependent on their parents' federal income tax return for two years. It was repealed as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 due to abuse. Mkant (talk) 16:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

External Links

The 200+ page bestselling book, Filing the FAFSA, is available for free download in PDF format at http://www.edvisors.com/fafsa-book

Given that this is a key resource, it may be worthwhile to include a link to it from the Wikipedia article about the FAFSA.

One of the authors, Mark Kantrowitz, was the original architect of the online version of the FAFSA.

Remove the Student Loans template

Clearly inappropriate. A template that does not include Pell grants as a type of financial aid linked to the FAFSA should not be here. deisenbe (talk) 20:21, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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Type of Funding

SMART grant does not seem to be a FAFSA grant but instead the US Department of Education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robemoco (talk • contribs) 17:26, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Updates needed

FAFSA has gone through a number of updates, including new url (fafsa.gov for the main page, and studentaid.gov for many of the content sections listed here), and different look from the 2016 screenshot, if anyone wants to make updates. Redirects appear to all be working, however, so content isn't currently being lost. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taitcha (talk • contribs) 18:53, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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