FAFSA and grad school?

molliebatmit
Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:02:19 +0000

Well, I think the best answer is that you shouldn’t fill it out unless you’re specifically asked to do so by your department.

In my department, all first- and second-year graduate students are funded by NIH training grants (which are not based on need), and third-year students and above are funded by their advisor’s research grants or else their own fellowships (NSF, NIH NRSA, disease association-based), which are merit-based rather than need-based.