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The FAFSA is Not Too Complicated Part One | Why the FAFSA Can Be Confusing

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Part One: Confusing perspectives, confusing timelines

A few weeks ago, Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland issued a report that called out 111 private colleges for publishing financial aid instructions that did not clearly explain that the FAFSA was the only application students needed to submit to secure federal financial aid. In our February 6th blog post, we pointed out that Representative Cummings’s claim about these instructions, while accurate, was more likely to hurt lower income students than help them because federal funds are not the largest source of financial aid for students from low and middle income households.

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February 20, 2014by College Coach

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