By: Sarah Gomez, Staff Writer
The Federal Application for Student Aid opened the 2021-2022 application October 1st, so it is time to once again reapply for aid. This is something most students have done before and should be generally familiar with. If you have decided in the past to not apply for whatever reason, I strongly encourage you to apply this year for the opportunity to get federal aid you missed out on in the past. The process is tedious but worth the time spent.
The first thing you should do is sign in at fafsa.gov and verify you have your FSA ID and password. If this is your first time applying, you must create an account using your personal information like name, date of birth, and social security number. Once you have your login information in order, log in and either verify the information you put in last year’s application, or fill out the different categories as you go through them for the first time. As you review it make sure to make all the appropriate changes needed and make sure you put Regis University (001363) as your institution.
About halfway through the application it will ask you to link your account to either your IRS tax report (or a parents) or if you would rather input that information by hand. Make sure if you are inputting information on your own that it is all correct, since this will influence the amount of aid you are eligible to receive. Lying on your application is not only illegal but will also affect further aid available to you.
Once everything is completed and ready for submission, go over it one more time to verify everything is in order, then submit. Though the official deadline for the 2021-22 FAFSA is June 30, 2022 it is extremely important to get it filled out and submitted sooner rather than later. You can access the FAFSA application by going to fafsa.gov or by going to the financial aid tab on the Regis University website and clicking “Applying for Financial Aid”.