{"id":3849,"date":"2019-10-25T12:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2019-10-25T12:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:19:46","slug":"avoiding-fafsa-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/25\/avoiding-fafsa-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding FAFSA Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3850\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3850 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA.jpg 698w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3850\" 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\u2019s 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>Officials published a blog post this month outlining\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2019\/10\/11-fafsa-mistakes\/\">11 common FAFSA errors<\/a>, and the article offers plenty of helpful information to guide students and families as they complete the form.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Read the\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2019\/10\/11-fafsa-mistakes\/\">full post\u00a0<\/a>on the department\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Homeroom<\/em>\u00a0blog and view NACAC\u2019s\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/paying-for-college\/\">Paying for College<\/a>\u00a0webpage for more tips.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" 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\u2019s 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. Officials published a blog post this month outlining\u00a011 common FAFSA errors, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/10\/25\/avoiding-fafsa-mistakes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Avoiding FAFSA Mistakes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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-3849","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-105","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849","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=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}