Financial Aid emergency question

Cairo_Mom
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:22:14 +0000

Hi, Thanks so much for all that advice. Honestly, I think our EFC is too high for Financial Aid through a school. We won’t qualify. So what I am now wondering, again as an abroad person knowing so little and having no American neighbors, can I apply for FAFSA without asking for a college to give me aid? In other words, if I get all my 2008 abd 2009 tax forms filled out by early January (our goal), can my D just apply for the Stafford loan if I fill out the FAFSA in time but don’t ask for FA form the schools? Can you file FAFSA directly to the government, or is it only a determiniation by the schools?