How can someone get financial aid that is not federal for school?

Paying for College
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<p>I have a question. I would like to know that if you cannot receive the FAFSA, is there any other alternative? If you do not have any record saying that you applied to the selective service, you are not able to receive financial aid. This brings me to wonder that if you have indeed registered and you are now to old to re-apply then what can you do? Should the incompetence of the selective service keep you from obtaining knowledge and training?</p>

<p>Amani</p>

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<p>I do not understand your question at all. If you are a male over 18 who is applying for U.S. financial aid, you must register with the selective service. What is the problem? Did you not do this? If not, do it now and then file the FAFSA.</p>

<p>What do you mean “too old to reapply”?</p>

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<p>^^ thank you for reading my mind and saying what I was thinking.</p>

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<p>Have you checked at the sss site to see if you are registered? If not and you are over 25 then you are probably out of luck as far as federal and a lot lot of State aid.</p>

<p>Other than that check with schools that have their own private financial aid funds. A lot of schools require you to file FAFSA to qualify for their own funds so you would have to check with the school.</p>

<p>I would imagine you could apply for private loans.</p>

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<p><a href=“https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfVerification.aspx[/url]”>https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfVerification.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I checked, my son is ‘in there’</p>

<p>I’m guessing, but maybe the OP is implying he registered but it was ‘lost’. Hm, 8 years is a long to wait to see if the registration was ‘activated’</p>

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<p>sueinphilly, thanks for the link. Checked my son too. I knew he had done it but didn’t know there was a way to confirm/verify.</p>

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<p>OP, are you saying that you did register, but your registration is not showing up in the database? If you are too old to register now, you do have a dilemma. However, this should not keep you from getting aid. If you are certain you did register, you need to pursue this. Go to the link provided above & check to see if you are in the register. If not, you will need to find out who to talk to in order to get it straightened out. The internet is your friend! :)</p>