Making cents of college tuition: Figuring out FAFSA

By Bridget Killian

The Kirkwood Call, 2018

You open your email account. Along with spam from online shopping sites and stores offering coupons, you have three new emails from the colleges you are applying to. The subject of all three read: “FAFSA is now available.”

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is a form universities in the United States use to determine how much a student may receive in federal aid. Applicants must fill out the FAFSA and meet the eligibility requirements to be considered. According to Cameron Henry, senior, high school students are not taught about what the FAFSA is until they have to file it for college. This leaves some students feeling unprepared...continue reading