<p>So because my son has another medical withdrawal, he will not be finished with college before my second starts. He wants to take out loans to help pay for his last semester and housing expenses. For that, I expect he needs to fill out a FAFSA this January. NOw dd will not be applying for federal aid since her education is paid for by the GI bill plus yellow ribbon. But I am unsure how to fill out FAFSA forms since we won't know until May how much, if any, she will receive. (IF she gets a full ride or even full tuition, we may decided to pay her living expenses and save the GI Bill for youngest or for middle's law school).</p>
<p>What is your question?</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with the details of the GI bill, but it seems that you would still use your D as one in college for your son’s FAFSA. I think you should still file FAFSA for her though…you don’t want to be a position of not using the GI funds for her and missing the school’s priority filing date! You can always decline any loans, etc. that they offer to her.</p>
<p>Complete the FAFSA for both kids. You will have 2 in college, and just answer the questions asked on the FAFSA. You will then be in a position to receive the best possible aid package for each.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think there is any reason to fill out a FAFSA for her and some reasons not to fill one out for her. She is getting her college paid for (either by all the GI bill, yellow ribbon program, housing allowance, and book allowance or by a full ride scholarship from someone or by a tuition/fees/etc. scholarship where we only have to pay a little extra and she gets to keep GI bill for grad school) I consider the full ride option not that likely but possible depending on the school. THe deal with not filling out FAFSA is that we don’t want her putting down that she is applying for FA since she isn’t and many of the schools she is applying to are not need-blind schools. It seems to me that not applying for aid could be a plus in her getting admitted.</p>
<p>THe only reason my son needs a FAFSA filled out is because he needs to get a loan. He is on the long road to a degree and needs one more semester next Fall. He currently is in college, living at home, and we pay tuition, books, and transportation along with providing him food and shelter. This summer we are probably moving and he needs to get housing and food. We can continue to pay his final tuition but the living expenses would double his costs and be too much for us. </p>
<p>So my questions are a few- 1) Am I right in thinking the FAFSA is necessary for him in order to get loans? 2) SInce we won’t know when we fill out his in early FEb where d is going to school, how do we put down her college expenses on his form? 3) Can we fill out a FAFSA on D and not send it to any college?</p>
<p>Yes, your son will have to file FAFSA to be eligible for Stafford loans. FAFSA doesn’t ask what your college expensese are, if you answer 2 for the number in college question it will just divide your contribution to his EFC in half. You can fill out FAFSA for your D and choose to send it only to those schools which require FAFSA for scholarship consideration, as many do. Good luck to your D!</p>
<p>You can fill out FAFSA for your D and still say that you’re not applying for aid. Don’t send it to the schools that are “need-aware.”</p>
<p>Submitting a FAFSA is not applying for FA if you’re not asking the school to consider you for aid…and you’re not. Even if your D were to later take out a Stafford loan, that still isn’t an issue because that is not institutional aid. </p>
<p>many people say that they’re not applying for aid, get accepted, and then submit FAFSA for a student loan. That’s fine because the school doesn’t care about that…it’s not their money.</p>
<p>I suggested completing a FAFSA for your D in case you are Pell eligible. If you are not Pell eligible with 2 in school, and if you don’t think your D will need a loan, you don’t need to complete a FAFSA for her. You can still put 2 in college even if you only complete the FAFSA for your S.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Can’t they still do this for their D kind of late in the game…such as after acceptances?</p>
<p>The family seems concerned that the D will get rejected at need-aware schools. Since Pell is an entitlement, she could submit D’s FAFSA in April to get Pell and loan (if loan is desired). </p>
<p>Or she could wait to add the schools that are need aware until after April if other schools want to see FAFSA for merit consideration.</p>