FAFSA
The Free Application for _____ Student Aid.
What is Federal?
A type of scholarship you get for your GPA and/or test scores.
What is a Merit Scholarship?
The COA, or Cost of ___, is how much you will have to pay in total to go the college.
What is Attendance?
The two types of Federal Loans that you can be offered.
What are Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans?
The grant that you can only use if you attend a college in California.
What is the Cal Grant?
The lowest SAI you can have on the FAFSA.
What is -1500?
Another name for free money, usually based on your financial need.
What is a Grant?
Money that is listed on your award letter that you DO need to pay back.
What are Loans?
The extra money that you have to pay on top of your loan amount.
What is Interest?
Name of the financial aid application for undocumented students in California who don't qualify for FAFSA and plan to attend a college in California.
What is the CA Dream Act Application?
The year that you will need taxes from to file your 2025-2026 FAFSA.
What is 2023?
A type of scholarship that covers your remaining financial gap instead of giving you a flat amount, usually advertised as offering "up to" a certain amount.
What is a Last Dollar Scholarship?
Name for costs, like books or transportation, that are not billed to you directly by the college.
What are Indirect Costs?
The amount of time you have before you have to start repaying your federal student loans after graduation, also called the grace period.
What is Six Months?
True or False: The Cal Grant amount is the same regardless of what kind of school you attend (UC, CSU, private).
What is False?
The status of a student who does not need to report parent(s) income on the FAFSA.
What is Independent?
A leadership scholarship that sends you to college with a group of 10 students from the same city.
What is the Posse Foundation Scholarship?
Money that is sometimes listed on an award letter that needs to be earned through working a job on campus.
What is Work Study?
The name of a loan that your PARENTS can take out to cover your costs.
What is the Parent Plus Loan?
The minimum GPA you need to qualify for the highest Cal Grant amount.
What is a 3.0 GPA?
The name of the tool that the FAFSA uses to pull your tax information from the IRS.
What is Direct Data Exchange (DDX)?
A scholarship for high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds that covers the entire cost of college; where you are "matched" with prestigious colleges.
What is Questbridge?
The process colleges sometimes use to ensure the information you reported on your financial aid application is accurate.
What is Verification?
A legal document you must sign in which you promise to repay your loan.
What is the Master Promissory Note?
The minimum amount of years you must have attended high school in CA to qualify for CADAA.
What is 3 years?