The CSS Profile, administered by the College Board, is a crucial tool for students seeking financial aid from colleges beyond federal support. Unlike the FAFSA, which determines eligibility for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is usually the ...

Applying to college is an exercise in paperwork: recommendations, essays, the application itself, and the FAFSA — the form that determines whether your student is eligible for federal financial aid.

If you are applying for financial aid, there are two primary forms: the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the CSS Profile. DACA students do not qualify for FAFSA, but could be ...

You may have heard rumors that the Federal Application for Student Aid is changing and opening later this season. Those rumors are true, but all reliable sources reassure us that this complicated ...

The University of Wisconsin will change its financial aid application process this fall by adding the College Scholarship Service Profile (CSS Profile). The CSS Profile is a longer, more detailed ...