I have a question my grandmother and I were doing the application and we submitted but didn't do the signature it wouldn't let us do it or we couldn't find the way to do the signature are we okay with the FASFA?
I just wanted to come in here, and say thank you I was just excepted the Quest Bridge for class of “26 and your videos (especially the ones that you talk about essays) are a big reason as to why I was able to get in Thank you
I'm so glad you were accepted!! That's AWESOME! Essays are definitely important and I'm sure yours were stellar! Good luck with the college application process and getting matched through questbridge!!
Dependency isn't about whether you live with your parents; it is based on your response to certain questions on the FAFSA. You can only qualify as an independent student on the FAFSA if you are at least 24 years of age, married, on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, financially supporting dependent children, an orphan (both parents deceased), a ward of the court, or an emancipated minor.
At least you're not on your own yet. I'm in the same situation but work 2 jobs to support myself, but because im not yet 24 for a few years, i dont get much aid. 😖
It seems to me that I'm not a dependant and yet they are still asking about my parents because race, ethnicity, and citizenship do matter not just financially, but socially for diversity purposes. We are not being employed so this isn't an equal opportunity employer application and even those which say they don't regard race still ask.
Hello, I am doing the FAFSA 23-24 school year. I usually answer ‘No’ to the parent assests questions but I did not get an option of Yes or No this time. Instead I got “Does it exceed $0.00?” Did I not get the Yes or No option for assets because I used the tax data retrieval form for IRS instead of filling manually? So, I’m supposed to combine what my parents have in their checking account, their saving account, and all the cash is their wallet? Does that include how much money is in their debit card? Only my father works so do i only use his information?
Thank you so much for the video! I have a question, as an international student do I fill up the FAFSA or I should apply for each financial aid individually (given the fact that I'm applying for 5 different colleges)
My parents are divorced and I live with mom. My father pays child support, should my mom include the amount of money she receives from my father for me as income?
im confused because i only have my mom and me and we both dont know anything about forms and she is 70 so she isnt working our only source of income is social security
I start school May 6th and I have no income I just got put out a month ago and I'm homeless I'll be starting at Southern New Hampshire University I have no financial aid assistance yet it's going to cost $200 231,000 for me I have one estimated Grant grant for $18,876 and I haven't been able to apply for any more grants so how do I finish filing for more grants and financial aid
I honestly couldn't figure it out because my parents doesn't want the government to have their information and I don't see where it isn't asking me this set of questions. Idk. Thanks anyway!
My son was living at home last year and when I filled fafsa for him he got nothing for school in January this last year he moved out and is on his own making a lot less than my wife and I and I would like to know should he fill out the fafsa this year as independent and living on his own to get the most out of his new fafsa and will he use his own income to maybe get some money for his Junior and senior year at college?
If my daughter opens a Roth IRA to pay for college in her last year in theory it would not negatively affect her fafsa correct? I know you can withdraw without penalty from an ira but it is consider untaxable income in the fafsa so it is negatively affect in every year you fill out a fafsa.
Hello I’m helping to a friend to fill out fasfa but she’s has DACA and it asking her to fix the part where it ask if you’re an eligible citizen. We put no but it’s telling us to fix this ?
Hey! I don't believe DACA students are eligible for federal financial aid but they are certainly eligible for institutional financial aid, and sometimes schools require you to complete the FAFSA form/a similar form specific to the school to use to determine how much institutional aid they qualify for. Here's a link that may help: studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/financial-aid-and-undocumented-students.pdf. I'm not sure why it's asking your to fix that part though if she already put in that she isn't an eligible citizen...
I go into that in the video about making sure you only report required assets. i.e. there are some retirement accounts/maybe some property they don't have to report
You're not telling how to fill out the form. Youre telling us the materials we need to gather. Hell it's complicated enough. We don't need more complications with this form
Ive been doing fafsa wrong my whole college career lol! I didnt realize you dont have to fill out the parents financial info if you are "independent" cause they would send me to that section anywyas so i thought i had to fill it out.... Welp... This is a big game changer for me!
1. If I get a job right now in Summer 2022, would I have to report my income for this job when I fill out the fafsa 2023-24 form in October 2022 even though the form is based on our tax information from the year 2021? 2. And also, if someone has a job, do they still report their parents income along with theirs on the fafsa form?
Hello! Im an international student and I have a question about financial aid. Do I have to fill in my CSS profile or FAFSA? Im a bit confused. Thanks for your videos by the way! they are very useful!
Hi! It depends on the schools you're applying to - although international students don't qualify for federal aid, you can still certainly get a lot of institutional financial aid depending on the institutions you're applying to. They may have their own forms so it's school-specific for international students! For example, uchicago has it's own international student financial aid form and other supporting documents. So I'd recommend individually checking the financial aid section for international students for each college you're applying to!
@@quynhphan6759 They are not eligible for TASFA. TASFA for state of Texas, and for students who are considered a Texas Resident from (state) House Bill 1403 or (state) Senate Bill 1528. It's only for students who are undocumented and graduated from a Texas high school, not international students. International students are required to show they can pay for college when getting their school visa. Some schools have something (like if they get a scholarship from the school), then they can pay in-state tuition. But it stands for Texas Application for State Financial Aid, so other states wouldn't be eligible for it.
Hey Priya, I was wondering if you could ever make a video about the differences between UChicago and Northwestern, such as what kind of student which one is looking for, social scene, sports, and stuff like that.
Thanks for the detailed information. Just a quick question, my daughter is a US citizen, but we are not and we are living outside US. Are we eligible to apply FAFSA. Thanks
The daughter 100% can fill out the FAFSA. If you have tax returns then she can use it but if not or u don’t have a SSN then she should fill it out as independent
FAFSA is an application process that happens around the same time you apply to college! The deadline's much later though (you'd apply to colleges by September-December, FAFSA's deadline is June).
Hi, I saw in a previous videos that you've read many college essays. I was wondering if you're still open to doing this and if so, where can I submit my essay to have it read?
I’m 28 years old and I’m finally going back to school my question is do have have to put in the income from my current jobs or all my jobs from filing my last income tax?
Hello there! Thank you for your information! Do I still need to provide my reportable assets (brokerage) if we (me and my parents) do NOT have it and we never had it before, what can we do in this situation? do we need to provide something instead of reportable assets (brokerage)?
