CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

If your family is navigating the financial aid process, the timing of your application can impact your financial aid strategy, too. Early Action vs. Regular Decision: The Basics Early action applications are typically due in early November and you hear back by mid-December. It’s also non-binding.

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

APRIL 14, 2025

Keep Track of Important Deadlines : Financial aid deadlines vary by college, but the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) typically opens on October 1 each year. Youll fill out the FAFSA your senior year, but its a good idea to familiarize yourself with the process now. Want more personalized help paying for college?

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

MARCH 31, 2025

Its never too early to start getting ready for college financial aid applications. Get Familiar with the FAFSA The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is your golden ticket to need-based financial aid. Heres some of my tips on application deadlines! Here are more tips on finding scholarships.

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Counselors' Corner

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Last February, 6 million families had filled out a FAFSA. It’s wonderful the new FAFSA has far fewer questions, but if students can’t get to the website to answer them, and colleges have to wait until March to put packages together, many first-time families we won over are going to give up. Sir, it’s time to lead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. Recruitment materials, campus tours, and FAFSA open houses are bilingual as are several members of the student affairs staff.

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Student Research Foundation

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

If you are advising a student who needs help paying for college, remember that the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is something that you should file. There is no fee for filling out and submitting the FAFSA online. When Should You File the FAFSA? And What If You Need Help in Applying? Well, it is.

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Scholarship America

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The FAFSA: Free Application, Free Money We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every year is the single best way to get free money for college. Despite this fact, nearly half of graduating high school seniors never complete this vital application.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MAY 1, 2024

Missouri State News FAFSA Priority Deadline is May 1 Missouri State University is extending the financial aid priority deadline from April 1 to May 1. This gives students more time to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form, which determines their eligibility for financial aid and university-funded scholarships.

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EAB

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Blogs How enrollment leaders should navigate the new FAFSA processing delay Like all of us, you've probably been closely tracking the progress of the new FAFSA form this year: in particular, how the Department of Education is planning to roll it out to students, families, and institutions. (If Thanks for your patience.”

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Scholarship America

JANUARY 10, 2023

This aid is often determined by information on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA ). It’s important to reapply for FAFSA every year and to understand whether your outside scholarships are renewable or not. It’s a good idea to get your FAFSA in as early as possible. This is called aid displacement.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

APRIL 1, 2024

Missouri State News Missouri State Extends FAFSA Deadline Missouri State is extending the financial aid priority deadline from April 1 to May 1. This gives students more time to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Counselors' Corner

OCTOBER 25, 2023

An English teacher’s daughter got into Princeton, so now she tells every Ivy League applicant just what to do to get in. Like it or not, the best way to reduce this unhelpful helping is to replace it with what you’d like them to say about college—more specifically, what you’d like them to say about college advising.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

The Department of Education plans to release further information on the application process and logistics of offering a PEP soon. Requirements for PEPs Eligibility Student eligibility: Expected in July of 2023, confined or incarcerated individuals will be broadly eligible for Pell Grants upon completion of the FAFSA.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 3, 2023

These are often referred to as Reach or Dream Colleges to which the student will probably be admitted because their academic record is between 50% and 75% of the applicants admitted in the prior year. In any discussion of financial aid, families should note that it’s critically important that all students submit a FAFSA to the U.S.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 22, 2022

Those questions begin as families work to complete the FAFSA for the first time and continue for the entire time a student is enrolled in college. Although each student’s situation is unique, knowing how to respond to common financial aid questions can help you effectively advise the students you serve. Student: Am I now done?

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 22, 2022

Those questions begin as families work to complete the FAFSA for the first time and continue for the entire time a student is enrolled in college. Although each student’s situation is unique, knowing how to respond to common financial aid questions can help you effectively advise the students you serve. Checking on Application Status.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Another site claims that there is over $1 billion in scholarships that go unawarded every year for lack of qualified applicants. Unfortunately, each one has its own time-consuming application process. However, it’s advisable to check with each college being considered to determine how the aid package may be affected by a scholarship.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

3 recommendations to make your admissions practices more equitable My previous enrollment leadership roles spanned admissions, financial aid, and advising, so I understand all too well how each phase of a student’s educational journey is impacted by policies in each of these offices. Source: McGuire 2.

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College Planners of America

DECEMBER 8, 2022

There are two reasons why this has become routine at mid-tier schools as a way to attract and enroll high-achieving applicants: Colleges need to enroll high-achieving students each year to maintain their academic reputation, and. A Common Problem of Applicants. Can Juniors Use It?

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And they're offering tactical college application support, but they're also offering the sticky stuff, the social and emotional stuff that really only someone who's close in age can provide to a student. You have a really broad national lens on CBOs, and particularly CBOs that are supporting students on their college application journey.

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EAB

APRIL 14, 2023

Onboarding Interviews with EAB partners show that, on average, only 40% of community college applicants enroll. One way to keep applicants engaged is by providing proactive, consistent, customized guidance about each onboarding task in a format that is responsive and accessible. check out these institutions' success stories 3.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 18, 2023

Colleges have been required to disclose their COA and provide a breakdown of their cost calculations since the enactment of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020. They must post this information on their website and include it on the financial aid award letters that they send to accepted applicants.

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EAB

AUGUST 29, 2023

And when your tech does not work the way you need it to, and when you're trying to recruit from the same pool of applicants that you've already been working for a long time, it is crucial that you look to your tech and see how you can do better. Not just for the students that you're trying to recruit, but for the teams that are also.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 28, 2023

Three years ago, Congress enacted long-overdue reforms in the passage of the FAFSA Simplification Act of 2020, which substantially improves Federal student aid process. Education Department ( ED ) was to complete the changes to the FAFSA system mandated by the Act in time for the 2022-23 award year (college admissions cycle).

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 10, 2023

Every year, parents of enrolled and prospective college students should complete their part of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for financial aid from the Federal government, their state, and the student’s college. There are students with parents who are unwilling or unable to participate in the FAFSA process.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 21, 2023

Colleges use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, to determine how much financial aid an applicant is eligible to receive. The FAFSA includes tax information from the “prior-prior” year. Disability of the student since the FAFSA was filed. Job loss or substantial decrease in income.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. On Monday, the U.S.

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