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Find Your FAFSA Support Specialist Contact Info Here!

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Find Your FAFSA Support Specialist Contact Info Here!

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General: fafsahelp25@scholarshipacademy.org

Feel free to email us or comment and let us know what school you are at, and we will connect with you!

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GroupMe - Join the group for College Bound FAFSA Cohort 2025

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Join this GroupMe to always have FAFSA help at hand. Your FAFSA Support Specialists are no longer on school sites, but can help via text or call!

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English & Spanish Translations Available

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Stay informed on the latest FAFSA changes! Check out these critical updates to help you navigate the 2025-26 application process smoothly.

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FSA ID for Everyone: Anyone who wants to fill out the FAFSA form online will need an FSA ID (even people without a Social Security number can get one). You need to create and confirm this ID before accessing the FAFSA.

Two-Step Verification: When logging in to the 2025-26 FAFSA, you'll go through a two-step verification process (like a password plus a code sent to your phone). To make this easier, you should set up all available options.

Number in College: The formula used to calculate financial aid will no longer consider how many siblings you have in college, which might mean less assistance for families with multiple college students.

Family Size: "Family size" replaces "household size" and is based on the number of exemptions on tax returns. You can adjust this number if your family situation has changed.

More Colleges: You can now list up to 20 colleges on your FAFSA (up from 10), making it easier to apply to more schools.

Role-Based Form: Each person (like the student or parent) will only see the questions meant for them. For example, students will see student questions while parents log in separately to fill out their section.

Assets: Prior to the 2024-25 Award Year, family farms and small businesses with fewer than 100 employees were specifically excluded from the definition of assets under 20 U.S.C.1087vv(f)(2)(B-C). The FAFSA Simplification Act removed those two exceptions from the term “assets.”[iii] As a result, the value of the assets of family farms and small businesses are now considered assets that are available to help pay for college.

Negative SAI: The Student Aid Index (SAI) is calculated using information from a student's FAFSA form. The SAI is based on a formula that considers a family's taxed and untaxed income, assets, and benefits. The SAI range is from –1500 to 999999, and a negative SAI indicates higher financial need.

Pell Grant Eligibility: Pell Grants will still be based on your SAI. A negative SAI (-1500) up to 0 are full Pell Grant eligible ($7,395). Anything above 0 may be eligible for a partial amount, depending on their SAI.

Who Contributes Info: For dependent students, they must identify the parent(s) or legal guardian who will provide financial info, and the details must match their FSA ID info so they can log in and contribute. If you are unsure if you are dependent or independent student, please visit or reach out to your FAFSA support specialist.

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Use this list to make sure you are ready to complete your FAFSA!

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Congrats! You've complete the FAFSA! What's happens now?

You will receive a notification via email that you have completed your FAFSA. In this email, you will receive your Student Aid Index (SAI) number, which tells you if you are eligible for the Pell Grant. You will also have access to your FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS) after March, which tells you what you put on the application, and all of your aid options.

Once you have been accepted to your schools, the FAFSA form will be sent out to the schools that you put on the application. Your school with then notify you with a financial aid award letter, which tells you what federal, state, and institutional aid you will be receiving.

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What Happens After Submitting Your FAFSA® Form?

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Making FAFSA Corrections or Adding Schools

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Making FAFSA Corrections or Adding Schools

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How to correct your FAFSA:

1. Click this link to go to your dashboard: https://studentaid.gov/dashboard/

2. Log into your FSA ID and scroll down to where you see “My Activity”

3. Click “2025-26 FAFSA Form”

4. On this page you will see whether or not your FAFSA has been processed.

1. If it has NOT been processed, then check back daily until it gets processed

2. If it HAS been processed, then continue following the steps

5. Scroll down and click the blue button that say “FAFSA Submission Summary”

1. (In some cases, this option will not be available and a button that says “Make a Correction” will be available instead, this will automatically take you into the FAFSA and the section that needs a correction)

6. Once you are viewing your FAFSA Submission Summary, you will click the tab that says “FAFSA Form Answers”

7. On this tab you will be able to review everything you’ve answered for the FAFSA Form; and in the upper-right corner you’ll be able to click the button that says “Make a Correction”

Additionally, if your Student Aid Index (SAI) said “Cannot Calculate”, then you need to either submit a correction or contact your postsecondary institution to find out what’s wrong with your application.

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If you are experiencing an error:

Try contacting the customer service line to communicate your issues. Call, use the chat, AND send an email to exhaust all efforts. https://studentaid.gov/help-center/contact

If you are having trouble creating an ID, notify them ASAP and keep trying every week.

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The new FAFSA update allows parents to create an account without a Social Security number!

When creating an account, just select "I don't have a social security number", and it will ask additional personal questions to verify their identity.

When inviting a parent, you can also select that the parents' don't have a social security number and just need to put in their residential address that matches their FSA ID records.

If it is still requesting a number even when you've selected that you do not have a SSN, you may be able to put in your ITIN (tax identification number), but it will prompt you to.

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Check out the FSA ID flyer to find out more about FSA IDs and what you need to create one!

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Use this work sheet to keep track of your FSA ID information. You will use this log in information every year that you fill out the FAFSA, so DO NOT lose this! Resetting is an option, but may hinder you from completing the FAFSA in time.

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Create your account (FSA ID) to log in to certain U.S. Department of Education online systems and sign student loan documents and the FAFSA® form electronically.

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