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Tips for How to Fill Out the FAFSA, the CSS Profile, and Other Aid Forms

Editor’s Note: This article applies to the 2023-24 FAFSA and earlier. The 2024-25 FAFSA  has been revamped and uses a metric...

How to Apply for Financial Aid for College

by Kalman A. Chany, author, The Princeton Review’s Paying for College. The financial aid application process can seem overwhelming. There...

How Does Financial Aid Work? Understanding the System

By Kalman A. Chany, author of The Princeton Review’s Paying for College. ​Applying for financial aid has never been more difficult...

True Stories of Private Scholarship Winners and How They Did It

Paying for college is one of the biggest financial concerns of families today. Finding private scholarships and merit scholarships from...

How College Tuition and Renters Insurance Help Families Plan for the Unexpected

(Interviews are edited for clarity and flow.) Low-cost tuition expenses and comforting myths about “college as a protective bubble” belong...

10 Pieces of Advice for College Freshmen

This story first appeared as a post in our Paying for College 101 FB Group. It’s been edited for clarity...