Community
Sign In Join
🎓

FAFSA & Financial Aid Help

Questions about FAFSA, financial aid packages, and navigating the application process. No question is too basic.

FAFSA and independent student status confused me at first

So I'm over 24 and trying to figure out if my husband's income gets counted on my FAFSA since I'm supposed to be indepen...

2 replies 5d ago

FAFSA tips I wish someone had told me before I started

just got my fafsa done and man i messed up the first round. lost some money because i didn't catch my mistakes in time. ...

2 replies 1w ago

Does Pell Grant cover certificate programs

just looking for a certificate in medical coding, not a whole degree. nobody's telling me straight if fafsa or pell gran...

2 replies 2w ago

How I found out what my Pell Grant could actually cover

I totally thought Pell Grants were just for four-year colleges until I started digging into this. Turns out they actuall...

1 reply 3w ago

Tool that helped me figure out which schools accept my Pell Grant

I was going crazy trying to figure out which schools would even accept my Pell Grant, clicking through websites one by o...

1 reply 3w ago

FAFSA said my expected contribution is $0 what does that mean

I just finished my FAFSA and it says my Student Aid Index is $0. Does that mean I get the full Pell Grant? I am confused...

3 replies Mar 31

What documents do I need for FAFSA

I want to fill out FAFSA this weekend but I do not want to get halfway through and realize I am missing something. Can s...

3 replies Mar 27

Has anyone actually gotten the Pell Grant after 40

I keep reading about the Pell Grant but honestly I feel like those things are for younger people just out of high school...

3 replies Mar 24