FAFSA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
What is the FAFSA?
Free funds to support a college student's education.
What is a Scholarship?
Frequency for completing the FAFSA.
What is every year?
The cost for completing the FAFSA form
What is free?
The quickest and best way to fill it out is on the government website: fafsa.gov.
Free federal funds available to students with financial need that have not earned a bachelor's degree.
What is the PELL Grant?
A grant provided by BYU-Idaho available to campus students, based on financial need and academic achievement
What is the BYU-Idaho Grant?
March 1, every year
What is the deadline for completing the BYU-Idaho grant application?
You must also complete the FAFSA if you are a US Citizen or eligible non-citizen and want to be considered for both academic achievement and financial need.
True or False: My parents do NOT claim me on their taxes and I pay for all my school expenses so I don't have to include my parents on the FAFSA.
What is FALSE!
You must include your parents on the FAFSA even if they don't claim you on taxes if you aren't married, 24 years old, active duty military, or have dependents of your own. (There are exceptions. If you have unusual circumstances, come to the Financial Aid Office)
This federal loan does not accrue or gain interest while you are enrolled in at least 6 program applicable (PA) credits
What is a Subsidized Loan?
Remember that the Department of Education pays the interest while you are enrolled in at least 6 PA credits.
A Scholarship Search Engine available on the BYU-Idaho website linking students to available scholarship applications.
What is Scholarship Universe?
The minimum cumulative GPA requirement to receive a BYU-Idaho Academic Grant - for continuing campus students
What is a 3.75 cumulative GPA
Incoming Freshman are usually required to have a higher cumulative GPA.
True or False: My parent's income is too high, I won't qualify for anything so I don't need to complete the FAFSA or the BYU-Idaho Grant application.
What is FALSE!
The FAFSA application is for Pell Grants, Subsidized and Unsubsidized student loans. Some that may not qualify for a Pell grant may qualify for a BYU-Idaho Grant. Remember that many scholarship applications require the FAFSA too.
Married, 24 years old, active duty military, or have dependent children.
What is an Independent Student?
Scholarship Universe, Scholarship America, Scholarship Owl, Scholarships.com, Idaho State Board of Education, etc
What are scholarship search engines or websites?
Many scholarship search engines can be found on the BYU-Idaho "Private Scholarships" webs page!
2.0 minimum cumulative GPA while completing at least 67% of all attempted credits within the required timeframe.
What is the Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) minimum requirement?
Federal minimum requirement for all students who receive federal financial aid.
The tax year I will use to complete the 2023-2024 FAFSA.
What is 2021 taxes?
(The government uses the Prior - Prior year!)
Example: 2020 tax year for 2022-2023 FAFSA