College financial aid planning tip:
Federal Student Aid has $150 billion to help you pay for college. The only way to qualify is to fill out the FAFSA. Don't leave $ on the table: fafsa.gov
By the way, there are many scholarships from the colleges themselves that require the FAFSA as a condition of being considered - even though these scholarships are MERIT based - based on grades and test scores.
If you don't fill out the FAFSA, what you are telling the school is that YOU DON'T NEED THE MONEY and won't be considered. It's not different than if you had to write an essay for a scholarship and choose not to.
