FASFA

Podcast Highlight:
This week’s podcast discusses the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FASFA. We’ll hear from experts Kathleen Koch, Assistant Dean for Student Financial Services at Seattle University School of Law; Nicky Fornarotto, Financial Aid Coordinator and LRAP Administrator at Rutgers School of Law–Newark; and Dr. Jeffrey Hanson, owner of Jeffrey Hanson Education Services.
Kathleen Koch begins by explaining the FASFA as a federal form that students fill out to present and organize their complete financial profile for educational institutions. She explains that students must gather their most recent tax returns, W-2 forms, pay stubs, and school codes for any program they are interested in applying to, in order to prepare to complete the FAFSA. Koch also talks about the Student Aid Report (SAR) form that is generated after students complete the FAFSA, and explains that it the summary of the information provided in the latter. She warns that filling out the