Seniors: Use this calendar to prepa...

Seniors: Use this calendar to prepare by the agency of the summer.

Juniors: expect to September and what lies ahead.

JANUARY

* To qualify for the greatest in quantity aid possible, submit your FAFSA (see page 36) as early as you tan after January 1

FEBRUARY

* If you sent in your FAFSA upon January 1 or shortly after that, you should receive a learner Aid Report (SAR) indicating your eligibility for aid and your family's look forward toed contribution.

* Make any corrections to your SAR, including updates based onward your family's federal 1040 tax forms.

* Sign, date, and answer the SAR to the address designated.

MARCH

* Receive a corrected SAR if needed

* Make abiding a copy of the corrected SAR reaches the financial aid office at each guild you're applying to.

APRIL

* You may receive notices of admission and financial aid awards. You can begin to compare offers

MAY

* May 1 is the traditional Candidate's replication Date. You must accept an present from one school and decline all others.

* ended any loan forms (for Stafford, PLUS, etc)

JUNE JULY & AUGUST

* Consider working during the summer thus you will have money for costs when you arrive on campus.

* Continue to consider for scholarships. You will ne permanent funds beyond freshman year and strange scholarships appear every year. Make note which of your awards are renewable.

SEPTEMBER

* Although the FAFSA isn't available till November, it's the primary form used for awarding scholar aid. Filling it out can be involved, with equal reason get familiar with the information you'll ne to unbroken it.

* restrain an eye out for scholarships and prepare applications as you find commons for which you may qualify. hold fast track of all scholarship deadlines (see page 14)

OCTOBER

* As you narrow down the list of gymnasiums to which you're applying, you may find not at home that they require you to file additional financial aid forms. a certain number of private colleges require that you file the PROFILE form. PROFILE deadlines vary depending in succession the school. For a form, call (800) 778-6888

* Compare overall college edifice [i]or[/i] building costs for the schools that interest you. Also, find on the outside the percentage of students who receive financial aid at those schools

NOVEMBER

* If you're applying for early decision, remember that greatest in quantity schools have deadlines in mid November.

* Check if your high educate offers any free workshops in succession how to complete financial aid forms.

DECEMBER

* consummate your FAFSA, but do not mail it until January 1 Make enduring you've properly signed and dated the document. Any mistakes can delay the proces and arise in lost aid.

* maintain copies of everything you mail! If anything gains lost or you need to verify information, you don't want to waste time scrambling to reassemble information.

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