Show Me the Money
FAFSA
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

This is the limit to the amount of scholarships you can receive

What are no limits? 

100

These are the three types of aid FAFSA may include in your financial aid package.

What are grants, loans, and work-study?

100

This figure is provided by every school and is an estimate of the cost for one year at the school, including tuition, fees, lodging, meals, books, supplies, and transportation.

What is Cost of Attendance?

100

This is what happens when you have a low SAI?

What is you are eligible for more grants/federal aid?

200

Name a type of aid that does need to be repaid.

What are Loans?

200

This tool could be used to get a grant estimate 

What is the Federal Student Aid Estimator? 

200

This is determined by estimating what your family may be able to contribute to your cost of attendance, and is used by schools to determine how much federal student aid you may receive.

What is Student Aid Index?

200

These are the types of loans to stay away from if possible.

What are private loans?

300

The maximum amount of money given for a Federal Pell Grant.

What is $7,395?

300

This is often the FAFSA needs to be completed 

What is every year?

300

This is what the acronym FAFSA stands for.

What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?

300

The typical amount of time after graduating before you have to start paying back student loans.

What is 6 or 9 months?

400

Students can use this tool to estimate their cost of attendance for a specific college or university.

What is a net price calculator?

400

This is needed to log in and access your financial aid information

What is your FSA ID?

400

Interest on these starts on the date the loan is given to the student and continues until fully paid off.

What are Unsubsidized Loans?

400

This is the difference calculated by subtracting your Student Aid Index from your Cost of Attendance.


What is Financial Aid Eligibility?

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