{"id":2740,"date":"2018-11-30T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2018-11-30T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T19:18:10","slug":"tips-to-help-families-avoid-common-fafsa-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/11\/30\/tips-to-help-families-avoid-common-fafsa-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Help Families Avoid Common FAFSA Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2741\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fafsaFam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2741\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fafsaFam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fafsaFam.jpg 476w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fafsaFam-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From not getting an FSA ID before filling out the FAFSA to forgetting to sign the form \u2014 it&#8217;s easy to make missteps when applying for federal financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>But the US Department of Education wants to help students avoid the most common mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Officials released a blog post this fall outlining <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2018\/09\/common-fafsa-mistakes\/\">11 common FAFSA errors<\/a>, and the article offers plenty of helpful information for students and families who still need to complete the form.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2018\/09\/common-fafsa-mistakes\/\">full post<\/a> on the department&#8217;s <em>Homeroom<\/em> blog and view NACAC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/paying-for-college\/\">Paying for College<\/a> webpage for more tips.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From not getting an FSA ID before filling out the FAFSA to forgetting to sign the form \u2014 it&#8217;s easy to make missteps when applying for federal financial aid. But the US Department of Education wants to help students avoid the most common mistakes.<\/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":[25,24],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-aid","category-paying-for-college","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-Ic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740","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=2740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}