FAFSA & Aid Forms
Filing order, the Student Aid Index, which parent reports after a divorce, dependency, corrections, and where the CSS Profile asks for more.
- FAFSA & Aid Forms CSS Profile vs FAFSA: What It Asks That FAFSA Doesn't The CSS Profile counts home equity, full business value, and a noncustodial parent's income the FAFSA formula leaves out entirely.
- FAFSA & Aid Forms Dependency Override FAFSA: When Parents Won't Provide Info Questions 7 and 8 on the 2026-27 FAFSA both skip your parents, but only one can make you independent. What each route pays, and the proof schools want.
- FAFSA & Aid Forms Student Aid Index Explained: Not the Bill You Pay Your SAI is an index, not an invoice. What the 2026-27 formula does with the number, why it can fall to -1,500, and why one SAI produces different offers.
- FAFSA & Aid Forms Filing FAFSA With Divorced Parents: Which Parent Counts The 2026-27 FAFSA no longer asks which parent you lived with. It asks who paid more in the last 12 months, and a stepparent married today is counted in full.
- FAFSA & Aid Forms FAFSA Checklist: What to Gather Before You Start The 2026-27 FAFSA takes an hour and stalls for a week. Line up the accounts, the contributors, the consent and the 2024 records before you start it.