{"id":2076,"date":"2010-01-25T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T14:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2010-01-25T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T14:47:27","slug":"applying-for-money-for-college-just-got-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/applying-for-money-for-college-just-got-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for Money for College Just Got Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Applying%20for%20Money%20for%20College%20Just%20Got%20Easier\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;float:left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/fafsa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has just been streamlined.  Applying for student aid for college should be easier, the form is simpler, shorter, and more user friendly.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2010-11 academic year, students could begin filing their FAFSAs on January 1, 2010.  It is hoped that simplifying FAFSA will make it easier for students to access financial support for postsecondary studies. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/video_icon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"17\" \/>Watch the video for 5 easy tips to score student aid. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new form eliminates 22 questions and 17 webscreens previously required.<\/p>\n<p>Find out what&#8217;s new, what&#8217;s coming, and all about the friendlier navigation aspects of the new FASFA form at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgovblogs.org\/duncan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/easier-fafsa.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.edgovblogs.org\/duncan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/easier-fafsa.pdf<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nYou will be able to see samples of the new form and find out what legislation has been proposed to further facilitate simplification of the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 Easy Tips to Score Student Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1NQ2UakBwL8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1NQ2UakBwL8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Link to the FASFA4caster and learn more about financial aid for college and continuing education on this page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fin.aid.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Loans, Scholarships and Financial Aid for Students<\/span><\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fin.aid.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fin.aid.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgovblogs.org\/duncan\/2010\/01\/a-simpler-application-for-student-aid\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">new form was <\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\">showcased January 5<\/span><\/a> at Benjamin Banneker Senior High School in Washington, D.C. when Dr. Jill Biden joined Secretary Duncan and Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed.  Afterward, they visited the counseling office at Banneker and talked with students who were completing the FAFSA from school computers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has just been streamlined. Applying for student aid for college should be easier, the form is simpler, shorter, and more user friendly. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/applying-for-money-for-college-just-got-easier\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[120,501,494,495],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-continuing-education","tag-college-and-continuing-education","tag-fafsa","tag-financial-aid","tag-scholarships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2156,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions\/2156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}