FAFSA Help Guide: Closing Questions

Steps #5 and #6 of the FAFSA Online Guide to the FAFSA Form tutorial follow. If you have not read through steps 1-4, we suggest you start with step #1. If you are ready to file your FAFSA form or Renewal FAFSA form online, then please click here.

Step #5: People in the Household

• This question applies only to students who answered Yes to any question in Step #3. Follow the same guidelines as per Questions 66 and 67.
• If you did not answer yes to any question in Step #3, it's okay to leave this section blank!

Step #6: The Homestretch

• FAFSA Secret

  Other Financial Aid Options

  Ways of getting additional funds that are complementary to the FAFSA process

  Indicate which schools you, the student, plan to attend and where you plan to live while attending school.
• To get the six-digit school code, use our FAFSA School Codes Search Directory.
• This should be a list of the top schools you plan to attend. If you don't have a lot of schools, add backup schools to the list. If you have more schools you are planning to attend than there are spaces, fill in your top choices.
• Don't miss Question 98. A lot of people skim past it or don't see it.

Finally: Read, Sign, Date your FAFSA

• You'd think it goes without saying, but a lot of people also forget to sign and date the FAFSA. Don't forget.
• The earliest date a FAFSA can be dated is January 1 of the year for which you are applying for school. If you file earlier than that date, you will get a "FAFSA rejected" notice - not a good thing.

This completes the FAFSA walkthrough! You've seen the secrets, you've read the steps you need to complete it, and if you printed out your worksheets and filled them out as you went along, you're well positioned to complete your FAFSA online as soon as the doors open for the coming school year.

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