By Miguel Rodriguez Segarra
If you plan to go to college, FAFSA is an important part of helping you pay for it. FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. FAFSA is basically financial aid for colleges for students whose household isn’t making enough money salary wise to pay for scholars to go to college, or when scholars don’t have a full ride to college. Depending on which college you go to, FAFSA can pay for a full ride or some of it. For community colleges like MCC you can go to for free if you have FAFSA, or if you plan to go to a private college like RIT it can cover about $4,000- $5,000 and for SUNY colleges like Brockport it can cover from $24,000-$25,000. That’s like free money! There was a FAFSA event recently at East High School a month ago for eligible scholars to start the process for financial aid for college. Counselors were here to help us go through the application, they had food, and MCC went to see what scholars would apply and some of them got accepted within weeks of applying. But for seniors who didn’t go to the event, you can still apply for FAFSA with your counselors or you can go to the Student Support Center. If you are a junior, keep an eye out for the next FAFSA event to get a head start on your financial aid for college.
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Mary Gilbert
12/14/2018 01:00:08 pm
Thanks for getting the word out about financial aid!
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Mrs. Gilbert
12/17/2018 05:21:53 am
Miguel,
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