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FAFSA walkthrough part 2: Student demographics - YouTube
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okay when we get to this section it's
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just asking students demographic
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information so some more information
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like your address where you're from the
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name and social security number will
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already be prefilled from that previous
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section you can tell this question if
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you as you adjust it what state are you
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from
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notice that this question unjust and
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this question about how long you have
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lived there is really related to
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straight state grant application so
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that's why that information is important
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your telephone number and email address
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are required and you do want to provide
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a good email address because that is how
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fast I will keep in touch with you if
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there are any issues
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marital status as of today that's a
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question that sometimes trips people up
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and notice the help here on the right
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and this is for you the student remember
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we're still in the student section
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what is your marital status as of the
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day you are filling out the form is how
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you answer that question driver's
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license information is optional this
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question about citizenship status is an
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important one so you can see the help
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here to the right gives you details
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about what exactly we mean by US citizen
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or US national if you've been a
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naturalized US citizen eligible
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non-citizens there are several
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categories like US permanent resident so
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if you have what used to be called a
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green card all of that details here tell
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you the various statuses of eligible
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non-citizen that a lot do allow you to
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qualify for a federal student aid if you
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don't qualify for one of those statuses
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then you would say you would answer this
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question by saying no I'm not a US
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citizen or an eligible non-citizen and
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that would be for people who are
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international students
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undocumented students for example would
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have to say no to that question and that
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does make you ineligible for federal
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student aid however it's still worth
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your time to fill out the FAFSA because
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that information is shared with the
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schools that you're applying to and they
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can consider you for institutional aid
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based on that basis so students who have
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a social security number so undocumented
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students who for example have daca
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status do have a social security number
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and will be able to fill out the FAFSA
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but you're still not going to be
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considered for federal student aid so
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you might want to double check with the
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school you're applying to to make sure
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it's worth your time to fill out the
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FAFSA but you can still do that if
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that's your status we're gonna go ahead
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and say yes the student is a US citizen
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and just a side note we'll get to this
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section I think in a bit but parents if
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your parents are not one of those
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eligible statuses if your parents are
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not US citizens that's okay you can
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still out fill out the FAFSA your
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eligibility is based on the student
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status this question about being
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registered for the Selective Service is
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only available only comes up if you've
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said your mail in the application
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because that is the federal rules you'll
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see here if I say no to this question
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I'm presented with information that will
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allow the Department of Education to
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send your information to Selective
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Service and register you they will
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happily do that for you if you're
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already registered that's okay
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this is a requirement of receiving
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federal student aid if you are a male
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over age 18 that you have registered
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with the Selective Service and that is
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not something that we can change this
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again remember this is not about signing
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up for the draft this is just about
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registering with Selective Service and
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it is a requirement of receiving federal
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name these next questions have to do
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with high school completion status just
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you know read the years carefully
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remember what year you're in what year
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you're going to to help keep that
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straight in your mind how you answer
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these questions so what will be your
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high school completion status many of
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you will be able to say you'll have a
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high school diploma these other statuses
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do still allow you to qualify for
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federal student aid there just may be
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additional questions or documentation
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required before you can do that and what
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will be your grade level your choices
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here are never attended attended before
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or if you are going to be a continuing
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undergraduate remember undergraduate is
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for those first four years of college
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graduate students who are looking at
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masters degrees or beyond would be
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putting their information down here this
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question of whether or not you've ever
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attended college before you just need to
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answer truthfully so if you've earned
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some college credit concurrent
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enrollment those sorts of things while
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in high school you would say you're
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still a first-year student but you have
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attended college before these do not
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impact significantly on your federal aid
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eligibility so just answer those
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questions truthfully
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and what degree will you be working on a
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bachelor's degree is your first
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four-year degree after leaving high
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school so most students who are coming
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straight out of high school are going to
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say a bachelor's degree an associate
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degree is a two-year degree that you
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might get at a community college for
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example or a certificate program like a
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technical education for programs that
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are less than two years all of these
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different statuses do allow you still to
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qualify for federal student aid but at
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different levels so that's why it's
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important to know where you're heading
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and answer that question truthfully are
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you interested in being considered for
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work studies
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this is people worry a lot about the
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answer to this question it doesn't
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commit you to anything regardless of how
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you answer the question is just a piece
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of information that gets passed on to
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the schools that you're applying to you
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may or may not be offered a federal
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work-study based on how you answered
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that question and you can still change
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your mind at the time the offer is made
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so don't agonize over your answer to
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that question and will you have your
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first bachelor's degree before in this
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case it's July 2014 because this
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application is for the 2014-15 academic
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year
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remember the bachelor's degree is your
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degree after four years of education
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after high school so most people are
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gonna say no to that question high
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school completed by parent these are
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just informational questions don't drive
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eligibility so really for research
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purposes you can put whatever is
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appropriate for you there this page is
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questions about your high school the
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Department of Education wants to know
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where your high school was and if you've
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completed high school so if you enter
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your information about your high school
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click confirm you're presented with a
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list of schools down here at the bottom
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when you see your school just click to
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select if you enter a name that is not
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in their system and you're unable to
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locate it in their list notice the hints
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over here about how to match up to the
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list it will allow you to type in the
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name the city and state and leave it at
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that point but it will ask you a few
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extra questions
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