The FAFSA

Whaletoes
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:48:39 +0000

I’m a high school senior who is nearly finished applying to college. Unfortunately, I’ve barely looked at the FAFSA, and I don’t really know much about it. I’m on vacation now, and my dad has some vacation days too, so I’ve been figuring we’ll work on it over vacation. A friend of mine told me that her parents did the whole thing themselves, but she didn’t indicate how long it took or what it included.

So my questions are… how draining/time consuming is this? What is the best way to ease my dad into it and not make it too burdensome for him, especially as someone who does not have English as his first language? And what does filling out the FAFSA entail - what should I expect, and what would be the best approach to starting it?

I’m asking this in the parents forum because the FAFSA seems more like a parent thing than a student thing, but I don’t want to be inconsiderate about it.

Thanks in advance for your help. :)