FAFSA Resources

Creating an FSA ID or FSA Account

• Create Account | Federal Student Aid
• Your FSA ID: Get it now for the FAFSA: Step-by-step instructions
• Federal Student Aid: Everything You Need to Know About Creating a Studentaid.gov Account guide.

FAFSA

• Studentaid.gov to complete the FAFSA
• Sallie Mae: general FAFSA information in English and Spanish, providing students with a list of things they need (and no longer need); FAFSA Guide, helping users understand if they have to answer the question, why they’re required to answer the question and where to find the answer
• Federal Student Aid:  FAFSA Checklist and Who’s My Parent? Wizard  resource to help students determine what parent information needs to be included on the FAFSA
• College Money Method: Screen-by-screen 2026-27 FAFSA walkthrough on YouTube

Financial Aid Offers

• Big Future:  Understanding Your Financial Aid Offers and How to Review and Compare Your Financial Aid Offers
• The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators: Sample, Best Practice Award Offer
• The Hechinger Report: Offer Letter Decoder that allows users to upload offer letters to help students understand their actual net price.
• Sallie Mae: Fillable Compare Your Financial Aid Offers where users can do a side-by-side comparison of multiple award offers.

Federal Student Aid

• Federal Pell Grant
• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG or SEOG)
• TEACH Grant
• Federal Work Study
• Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans
• Federal Direct PLUS Loans for Parents

Scholarship Search Resources

• Big Future Scholarship Search
• Scholly by Sallie