Profile?

[discus]

I thought we only had to fill out the FAFSA, but there's yet another form called the Profile that we need to fill out for certain schools???

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[Rafa]

Yeah, that also gets sent to schools. It's the CSS profile. You need to fill it out, and then they'll email you telling you to print out a form, photocopy tax returns and stubs, etc, and send it all in. You'll need your parents' information primarily, but yours too if you 're planning on filing a tax return.

And unlike the FAFSA, the profile is *not* free. Partly because it's with the college board (extortions 'r us!).

 

[DrMike24]

I thought it was only for some schools?

 

[Rafa]

I think that's true. I'm still in undergrad, and my school makes me fill it out every year. Some schools might not give a twit about it though. If you didn't receive notice* que you'd have to fill it out *when you started prepping for your FAFSA, then you probably don't have to fill it out.

 

[OSUdoc08]

I thought it was only for some schools?

I've never filled it out after 4 years of undergrad FAFSA's, and 2 years of med school brackets.

This profile thing may be useful for institutional aid, but it should not legally be able to affect federal aid.