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Does anyone have experience using FAFSA - Federal Student Aid? How does it compare to TA?
Tuition assistance
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College
Posted 10 y ago
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SGT (Join to see).
The FAFSA is just the most common application for civilian college / university financial aid.
A lost depends on your target school, educational background, and personal characteristics.
There is less emphasis on need based aid today . . . more on past academic achievement.
In general schools promise a mixture of grants and loans . . . grants mostly for better grades.
Whether using TA, GI Bill, or FAFSA process . . . be very wary of common for profit colleges.
Also be wary of colleges pushing private bank loans requiring co-signers or 2nd mortgages.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/28/opinion/barkley-corinthian-for-profit-colleges
The FAFSA is just the most common application for civilian college / university financial aid.
A lost depends on your target school, educational background, and personal characteristics.
There is less emphasis on need based aid today . . . more on past academic achievement.
In general schools promise a mixture of grants and loans . . . grants mostly for better grades.
Whether using TA, GI Bill, or FAFSA process . . . be very wary of common for profit colleges.
Also be wary of colleges pushing private bank loans requiring co-signers or 2nd mortgages.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/28/opinion/barkley-corinthian-for-profit-colleges
Corinthian: For-profit college a real rip-off (Opinion) - CNN.com
Whitney Barkley says many for-profit colleges deceive students, charge exorbitant tuition and make false promises, and Corinthian is one of the worst.
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So my scenario is strange
CAN'T use TA per the new (1 year after AIT) rule
but before I hit 100% on my post 9/11, I had a few hundred to pay still and the pell grant from the FAFSA covered that.
CAN'T use TA per the new (1 year after AIT) rule
but before I hit 100% on my post 9/11, I had a few hundred to pay still and the pell grant from the FAFSA covered that.
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Interesting. It's all new territory to me. I'm still trying to understand it better.
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I'm halfway complete with my Bachelor's with AMU, and I am unable to used TA for the time being. Any advice specific to my situation? Are there any I don't have to pay back?
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FAFSA is totally separate from TA. Most schools require that you complete that form before they will consider you for even merit based financial aid. If you are hoping for fall money you are very, very late. This is critical: make personal contact with a financial aid officer at your school. The school may have money because this is the window where awarded students may drop out (decide not to take any classes this semester). If that happens, you want to be the needy student they think of.
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CPT Richard Riley
FASFA is the starting point for any aid (grant, loan, coop, stipend) money coming through the school you attend. The paperwork trail for that starts 01Jun for the next academic year. Once you pass into late August, early September the aid window for that academic year closes rapidly. Part of the aid equation is all about timing, you file the paperwork for the upcoming academic year in mid June for maximum consideration. Filing by early August will hamper or eliminate you from consideration for that year.
Schools also have some financial aid that is specific to situations or programs but those are also based on the information contained in the FASFA filing. The FASFA is free and easy to do yourself, so ignore the emails that tell you they can help you improve your aid chances if you let them file your paperwork.
There are additional resources you can obtain depending on the program and school you are thinking of attending.
Schools also have some financial aid that is specific to situations or programs but those are also based on the information contained in the FASFA filing. The FASFA is free and easy to do yourself, so ignore the emails that tell you they can help you improve your aid chances if you let them file your paperwork.
There are additional resources you can obtain depending on the program and school you are thinking of attending.
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1LT Sandy Annala is correct - FASFA is the most common application for college aid of any type. Choose wisely and pursue carefully.