FAFSA
Dates
Acronyms
Saving money
Miscellaneous
100

The abbreviation for Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

What is FAFSA?

100

The first date you can file your FAFSA your senior year of high school.

What is October 1?

100

GPA

What is Grade Point Average?

100

This type of financial aid is free money that you often have to compete for against other students.

What are Scholarships?
100

A popular board game instructs "Do not pass go. Do not collect.." this amount of money.

What is $200?

200

The four types of financial aid.

What is grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study?

200

The first date you can file your VT Grant Application

What is October 1st?

200

VSAC

What is Vermont Student Assistance Corporation?

200

One type of service that can help pay for college.

What is either Americorps or Military?

200

:-$ Its where this emoticon tells you to "put your money."

What is your mouth?

300

The FAFSA needs to be completed this often.

What is every year?

300

The first date you can submit your Unified Scholarship Application for VSAC Scholarships.

What is October 1?

300

FAFSA

What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?

300

Some programs help you earn college credits while you are still in high school.  Name one.

Advanced Placement (AP), Dual Enrollment, Early College

300

This "Men in Black" star turned down a scholarship offer at MIT to pursue a rap career.

Who is Will Smith?

400

You use this to sign your FAFSA online.

What is your FSA ID or Username and Password?

400

Candidate Reply Date - the latest date to commit to the college you choose to attend.

What is May 1st?

400

VSCS

What is the Vermont State Colleges System?

400

Living at home and commuting to your college can help you save on these costs.

Room and Board or Housing and Meals

400

This is the best email address to use when creating financial aid accounts.

What is a non-school email address.

500

Two things that you have to report on your FAFSA.

What are income, assets, family size, number of college students and colleges.

Also can be used - student's date of birth, social security number, high school attended, parents' marital status.  

500

if you are a junior in high school, this will be the first school year you have to choose when you fill out your FAFSA.

2025-2026

500

SAI

What is Student Aid Index?

500

This program helps students by reducing tuition costs for New England students attending New England colleges who cannot find their major at any of their home state's state-supported colleges or universities.

NEBHE (New England Board of Higher Education) Regional Student Program

500

This term describes a college's cost once gift financial aid (free money) is taken off of the price.

What is Net Price?