The CSS Profile is an additional student aid application beyond the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) required at hundreds of private and public schools to be considered for ...

Applying to college is an exercise in paperwork: recommendations, essays, the application itself, and the FAFSA — the form that determines whether your student is eligible for federal financial aid.

The CSS Profile is a financial aid application for school-based aid like scholarships and grants. You’ll still need to complete the FAFSA to qualify for federal and state financial aid. Unlike the ...

Completing the CSS profile can help you qualify for non-federal aid opportunities. This form, unlike the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) , is used by a limited number of colleges. It ...

You may have heard rumors that the Federal Application for Student Aid is changing and opening later this season. Those rumors are true, but all reliable sources reassure us that this complicated ...

Students applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will soon need to complete a second, longer financial aid application if they want a share of the millions of dollars in financial aid the ...

Beware of fraudsters and thieves. Don’t give money to the wrong people. All that’s good advice for any business, and colleges are no exception. Institutions with precious resources must carefully ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The College Board announced Wednesday that the CSS Profile -- used by about 300 colleges to determine ...

FAFSA, S.A.I., N.P.C., CSS — the acronyms never end. And that’s just the beginning of the mayhem. By Ron Lieber Saving and paying for college is an endurance test, a forced march on an often 50-year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vinay Bhaskara co-founded CollegeVine and covers higher education. Financial aid is way too complicated for high school students ...