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financial assistance to continue your lifelong learning, and possibly increase your earning potential! Use the Financial Aid Advisor to discover the many changes affecting the 2013-2014 school year. Research also shows higher education and training translates into higher earnings. For more information,
view a chart of reported earnings by educational level prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Audio Highlights from the Federal Student Aid website are also available.
The
Financial Aid Advisor helps you fund your career pathway. Answer a brief list of questions to see what you might qualify for,
where to go for more complete information on eligibility, and how to apply.
Information on Federal and State financial aid programs is available with minimal entries in the Financial Aid Calculator. However, to find if you qualify for possible financial aid for the 2013-2014 school year, it will be helpful to have the following information available:
- Your 2012 W-2 Forms and other records of money earned
- Your (and your spouse's, if you are married) 2012 Federal Income Tax Return - IRS Form 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ, 1040TeleFile, foreign tax return, or tax return for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia. If you have not yet filed a 2012 income tax return, simply provide the income and tax information with your best estimate
- Your parents' 2012 Federal Income Tax Return information (if you are a dependent student )
- Your 2012 untaxed income records for yourself and your parents (if you are a dependent)- such as Social Security, payments to tax-deferred pension and savings plans, child support received, IRA deductions and payments to self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and Keogh plans, tax exempt interest income, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, welfare, or veterans benefits records. Include the same information for your parents if you are a dependent student
- Your current bank statements
- Information on savings, investments, and business and farm assets for yourself, and your parents if you are a dependent student.
- Beginning February 1, 2012 students and parents who have completed their 2012 IRS tax return will be able to use FASFA on the Web to electronically view their tax information.
The following additional information is required for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application:
- Your Social Security Number (found on your Social Security card) and your parent(s) Social Security number(s) if you are a dependent student
- Your driver's license (if any)
- Your alien registration number if you are not a U.S. citizen
- Month and year the student was married, widowed, separated, or divorced;
- Same dates for parent(s) for dependent students;
- Parent's date of legal residence in state (for dependent students);
- Information regarding any drug convictions;
- Highest education level completed by the student and parents;
- Name and address of the high school where the student has or will graduate;
- The type of degree the student will be working on;
- The names or school codes and housing selections for up to 10 colleges the student is interested in attending;
- An e-mail address for correspondence.
Submit your application as early as possible, but no earlier than January 1, 2013. The deadline for some state aid may be as early as January 2013.
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