7 Things You Need to Know About

Financial Aid

1. What is financial aid?
a. Money given by the government to help for college fees
1a. financial aid can help you go to college. Watch the video transcript. What are a few things you
learned from Monicas video.
b. You can also pay for college by work-study
2. More than $185 billion in aid is available, what are The four main sources?
a. Federal government grants, loans and other/ College grants/ State government grants /
private and employer
3. You have to apply to qualify for aid? Should everyone fill out financial aid forms?
a. Yes/ yes because it is an alternative to paying for college

4. The FAFSA is the place to start and its free. What are the three types of aide?
a. Scholarship, grant and loans

5. The FAFSA isnt only for federal aid. What else does the application gives you access to?
a. The data you have entered

6. Completing the FAFSA is convenient? How?
a. It saves you time and effort with their IRS Data Retrieval Tool

7. More aid is out there. What else should you apply for?
a. Scholarships

8. What now! What is the website? And is their help in filling it out.
a. College websites on the financial aid you want