Who fills out the CSS profile, parent or student?

thumper1
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:26:46 +0000

Well…I’ll be honest. I’m sure there are parents who complete the FAFSA and Profile…setting up all the user names and passwords so their kids won’t have access.

But really…your kid (for the FAFSA at least) will need the same user ID and password info if he or she takes out a federally funded loan…so they are going to have access to the FAFSA. The good news is on the FAFSA is that is you use the IRS data retrieval tool, the numbers from your tax return are encrypted, and even you can’t see the actual numbers.

If your student has the user name and password info for their college board account, they can access this info. My kids wouldn’t have bothered!