FAFSA
This is the date the FAFSA for the next academic year will be available
What is October 1st?
You need this to avoid paying the $25 fee for processing the form for the first time and $16 for each additional school.
What is a fee waiver?
This is the state that provides TAP
What is New York State?
This is how often you need to apply to all financial aid programs
What is once a year?
This is the term used for the tax information that is used to fill out the FAFSA
What is Prior-Prior?
This is the service that schools use to collect tax documents after submitting the CSS profile.
What is IDOC?
This is the sum of money that is rewared through TAP
What is $5,665?
This is money that has been awarded that does not have to be paid back.
What is a scholarship/grant?
The FAFSA pulls tax forms from this government agency.
What is the IRS?
You need this in order to access the CSS Profile
What is a College Board Account?
You can use this form to directly apply to TAP
What is the FAFSA?
These are fees paid directly to the school plus additional expenses that accumulate during a school year.
What is the Cost of Attendance (COA)?
This is a formula based index that helps colleges determine the level of need aid you will receive.
What is SAI?
These are the type of institutions that consider the CSS profile
What are private colleges and universities?
This is the form to apply to TAP if you are a nonresident of New York State or an undocumented immigrant
What is the DREAM Act?
This type of federal loan does not collect interest while you are still in college. Interest begins to accrue after you are no longer enrolled on at least a half-time basis.
What is a Subsidized Loan?
This is what FAFSA stands for
What is the Free Form for Federal Student Aid
These three types of income are recorded in the CSS profile and not the FAFSA.
What are medical debt, home equity, and family farms/businesses?
These five considerations affect your TAP Award
What are combined income, other family members enrolled in college, financial status, tuition costs, and other New York state awards.
This process describes schools that consider your application without any financial information.
What is need blind?