{"id":1464,"date":"2017-09-28T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2017-09-27T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T18:05:11","slug":"expert-advice-listing-college-options-on-the-fafsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/09\/28\/expert-advice-listing-college-options-on-the-fafsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Advice: Listing College Options on the FAFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1465\" style=\"width: 848px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FAFSAtime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1465\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FAFSAtime.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FAFSAtime.jpg 848w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FAFSAtime-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/FAFSAtime-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Getting ready to help students fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/\"><strong>FAFSA<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education released a list this week highlighting the eight steps that need to be followed when filing for federal student aid. And included in the article is an important reminder: Students can \u2014 and should \u2014 list multiple colleges on their FAFSA.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Many prospective freshmen list only one college when applying for federal aid. But students should include any school they\u2019re considering, even if they haven\u2019t applied or been accepted yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t hurt your application to add more schools; colleges can\u2019t see the other schools you\u2019ve added,\u201d department officials note. \u201cIn fact, you don\u2019t even have to remove schools if you later decide not to apply or attend. If you don\u2019t end up applying or getting accepted to a school, the school can just disregard your FAFSA form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students can list up to 10 colleges on the FAFSA.<a href=\"https:\/\/fafsa.ed.gov\/help\/fotwfaq14.htm\"> Additional schools can be added<\/a> once the applicant receives their Student Aid Report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2017\/09\/8-steps-to-filling-out-the-fafsa-form\/\">Read the full list of FAFSA tips<\/a> and check out NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/\">Financing College<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted<\/em> <em>writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting ready to help students fill out the FAFSA? The Department of Education released a list this week highlighting the eight steps that need to be followed when filing for federal student aid. And included in the article is an important reminder: Students can \u2014 and should \u2014 list multiple colleges on their FAFSA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-aid","tag-fafsa"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-nC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}