Federal Student Aid

FAFSA4caster

What are the benefits of using FAFSA4caster?

Instead of waiting until your senior year to find out your eligibility for federal student aid, you can use FAFSA4caster to estimate your eligibility early, which will give you better insight when making college choices.

There are additional benefits to using FAFSA4caster:

• You will become familiar with the student aid lifecycle and begin to understand the roles of the financial aid players – students and families, colleges, Federal Student Aid, and banks and lenders.
• When you're done entering your data, you can see your estimated federal student aid eligibility information, which is based on the answers you provided in FAFSA4caster. Your estimated federal student aid eligibility will help you better understand the types and approximate amounts of federal student aid for which you may qualify.
• Once you submit your data, we review your information and notify you if there are any issues you need to resolve prior to officially applying for federal student aid. This will save you time.
• We will automatically submit a request for you to receive a Federal Student Aid PIN in time for you to use when you officially apply for aid.

If you use FAFSA4caster, when you're ready to officially apply for aid, FAFSA4caster will transfer all of your data to the FAFSA on the Web application, making the experience of applying for federal student aid a lot easier for you.

So help make your forecast a bright one by not only planning for college but by preparing for the costs of a college education.

Go ahead and get started... use FAFSA4caster now!