FAFSA Training Review

A contributor on the FAFSA is defined as someone...

• who is a legal U.S citizen, typically a parent or guardian

• who is financially responsible and contributing for the student

• who is contributing information

• who is biologically related to the student or has custody of them

Which of the following is true in regards to undocumented students and parents?

• Undocumented students can fill out the FAFSA but their parents cannot be contributors

• If a student has undocumented parents they must fill out the Alternative Aid form

• A student with undocumented parents can complete the FAFSA but an undocumented student has to complete the Alternative Aid form

• There are no financial aid options for students who are undocumented o have undocumented parents

A student has a parent who refuses to be a contributor on the FAFSA. What are possible next steps for the student?

• The student will have to click "No" to the student unsubsidized loan question on the FAFSA

• The student can fill out a parent refusal form at their intended college

• HESAA may try to contact the parent but if the parent refuses there are no consequences

• The student will not be eligible for any aid and will need to take out a loan or find external aid

If a student's parents have 50/50 custody of the student, which parent should be put on the FAFSA?

A student/parent is worried that their immigration status may be used against them while filing out the FAFSA. What can you say to them?

If a student intends on going to school to school in New Jersey, what should they fill out aside from the FAFSA for financial aid consideration?

To qualify for the Alternative Aid form, students must

• have completed two year or more of high school in NJ

• must have graduated from high school or gotten their GED

• have parents who are undocumented

• must submit an affidavit that they have or will file an application to legalize their immigration status

True or False? The FAFSA will only help you get federal financial aid, not state or college-based financial aid.

• True

• False

You file the FAFSA once over the course of your college career.

• True, you only file once.

• False, file every year.

A _____ circumstance is a financial situation that warrants an adjustment to a student's COA or SAI whereas a ______ circumstance refers to justified reason to adjust the student's dependency status.

• unusual; special

• financial; dependency

• special; unusual

• financial; guardianship