<p>Ask your mom to work through the FAFSA formula with you so that you have a notion about what kind of federal aid you will probably qualify for. The formula does change a bit every year, and next year’s will be available sometime in the fall. Here is the current one. <a href=“http://ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/091913EFCFormulaGuide1415.pdf”>http://ifap.ed.gov/efcformulaguide/attachments/091913EFCFormulaGuide1415.pdf</a></p>