Important Steps to Take After Your FAFSA is Submitted. How Your Financial Aid Will Be Calculated. Who Will Do the Calculation, and Why Some Schools Will Offer You More Financial Aid Than Others

The College Metropolis Podcast: College Admissions Talk for High School Students and Parents

#107 – Today, we present three steps to take after completing the FAFSA. These are easy-to-follow steps that will ensure that you receive your financial aid as soon as possible. Additionally, we walk you through a detailed description of the steps taken to award you need-based and non-need-based financial aid. As the episode progresses, you will gain an understanding of what your Student Aid Report will tell you and what it will not tell you. You will also understand the meaning of Cost of Attendance and your Expected Family Contribution. On this episode, Jankel and I go to great lengths to try to demystify what goes on behind the scenes as your financial aid is processed, and attempt to give you an optimistic outlook, reminding you of the many advantages that will be available to you when it comes to helping you pay for college. You can access the show notes for this episode at https://www.collegemetropolis.com. Every link we talked about on this episode will be listed on the episode page. We are grateful that you are part of our College Metropolis community. Please help our efforts by telling others about us, giving us a 5-star rating, and leaving us a positive review. We sincerely thank you!