Financial Aid 101 -- Overview of the 2024-2025 Financial Aid Application Process
FINANCIAL AID PRESENTATION: If you are looking for a 2024-2025 financial aid presentation for your families, we have a Youtube recording that you are welcome to use. It is a general overview of the financial aid process–essentially a classic “financial aid night”–with bookmarks so that viewers can jump to the topic they like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REobkIFFVkc
https://myintuition.org/
MyinTuition, a revolutionary online tool, ensures that students and their families have quick and easy access to the information they need to make decisions about college affordability. MyinTuition shows the projected cost of college once financial aid is factored in, helping students understand and plan for what college will cost.
https://collegecost.ed.gov/net-price
What is a Net Price Calculator?
Net price calculators are available on a college’s or university’s website and allow prospective students to enter information about themselves to find out what students like them paid to attend the institution in the previous year, after taking grants and scholarship aid into account.
https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
FAFSA® Announcements
- Launch of the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
The 2024–25 FAFSA® form will be available in December 2023, not Oct. 1. Learn how to prepare for and stay informed about the FAFSA launch.
Seniors applying for need based financial aid for college: We are a few weeks away from students being able to file the FAFSA in December, but that does not mean you cannot be prepared. The FAFSA sheet provided by Sallie Mae has helpful tips.
Also, many universities will also require the submission of the CSS Profile (which is now open for submission) for need based aid. Here is a list of schools that require the CSS Profile.
