Students have always been able to start
their FAFSA submissions starting January 1 of the upcoming school year (ie, January 1, 2016 for the 2016 - 2017 school year) but this was recently bumped up to October 1.
The federal deadline for
FAFSA submissions is June 30 of the upcoming school year (June 30, 2017 for the 2017 - 2018 school year) with two important caveats.
Each school's financial aid department evaluates student
FAFSA submissions to determine what school - level aid may be available based on merit or financial need.
This year saw a 3.5 % decrease in total
FAFSA submissions.
The program increased
FAFSA submissions by 39 percent for seniors in high school; 186 percent for independent students who had never been to college; and 58 percent for independent students who had previously attended college.
You find this number below the confirmation number on
your FAFSA submission confirmation page or in the top right - hand corner of your Student Aid Report (SAR).
Prospective college students and their parents can file
a FAFSA submission starting Oct. 1 of the student's senior year in high school.
A new
FAFSA submission is required each year.
The FAFSA submission period is from October to June every year.
That means students and parents have an extra three months to work on
their FAFSA submission.
Not exact matches
First, every student applying for federal student loans must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (
FAFSA) either online or via paper
submission.
IMPORTANT: The
FAFSA Applications are available ONLY in the beginning of January, though the deadline for their
submission is different (see below).
On the other hand, the researchers said that participants who were only given information about aid (without help with the
FAFSA) did not have higher aid application
submission rates than those who did not receive any help.
Annual
Submission of the
FAFSA The bill clarifies that students are required to annually submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (
FAFSA) for initial award eligibility as well as renewal award eligibility.
First, every student applying for federal student loans must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (
FAFSA) either online or via paper
submission.
You should understand that there are
FAFSA deadlines for form
submission.
Once a
FAFSA is completed, the Department of Education sends out the SAR between three days and three weeks after receiving a completed
submission.
Within three weeks after
submission, the student will receiver a Student Aid Report (SAR), which is a summary of the
FAFSA.