Acronyms
This document needs to be submitted every academic year to be considered for Federal Financial Aid.
What is the FAFSA?
In this classic, Kevin McCallister defends his home from the Wet Bandits after being accidentally left behind.
What is Home Alone?
This classic song tells you exactly what to do, 'You better watch out, you better not cry."
What is Santa Claus is Coming to Town?
This is the term for the total estimated cost of attending college for one academic year.
What is Cost of Attendance?
Students and parents need this unique login credential to complete and sign the FAFSA.
What is an FSA ID?
This organization is responsible for managing the state's scholarship and financial aid programs?
What is ADHE?
This 2003 film stars Will Ferrell as a human raised at the North Pole who travels to New York to find his real father.
What is Elf?
According to this popular tune, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful.
What is Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
This COA component accounts for things like gas, bus passes, or rides to and from campus?
What is transportation?
Some students may be selected for this review process where a school collects documents such as tax returns or household information.
What is Verification?
The number calculated from the FAFSA which determines a student's eligibility for need-based aid?
What is SAI?
In this animated favorite, a magical train transports a boy to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is The Polar Express?
This 1940s hit dreams of something "just like the ones I used to know"
What is White Christmas?
Tuition and fees fall under this part of the COA.
What are direct costs?
After submitting the FAFSA, students receive this confirmation summary.
What is the FAFSA Submission Summary?
After a student submits a FAFSA, this electronic record is sent to the colleges listed on the application and used to determine eligibility for aid.
What is ISIR?
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
Everyone dances merrily in a new-old fashion way during this holiday classic
What is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?
Books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses are grouped under this category of COA?
What are indirect costs?
If a family's financial situation has changed significantly, they may request this school-level review for updated aid eligibility.
What is professional judgment/special circumstance appeal?
A secure connection between the IRS and the US Department of Education (ED) that allows the IRS to directly transfer federal tax information (FTI) to the FAFSA form?
This 1994 remake features a little girl whose belief in Santa is restored via a courtroom trial?
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
This song's narrator wants a very specific holiday gift: a creature described as "the only thing I want"
What is "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"?
This housing category appears in COA regardless of whether a student lives on-campus or off-campus, or at home.
What is room and board (housing and food)?
Students applying for aid at multiple institutions must ensure each school appears on this list within the FAFSA?
What is the school code list?