Just submitted CSS. Question: I don’t need to fill out FAFSA if I hope to receive financial aid through CSS, right? Like, FAFSA isn’t also required if I’m hoping to receive institutional aid through CSS, right?
Check your college. It is highly likely that the college requires the FAFSA as part of the financial aid application process. If required, you MUST complete it or your application for need based aid will be incomplete…and won’t be processed.
There are less than a handful of colleges that use only the Profile.
Also…the CSS and the FAFSA are financial aid application forms. Neither gives you money. They are financial aid application forms and the info on them is used to determine your eligibility for need based aid.
Each college website will tell you the requirements and deadlines for financial aid application at your colleges. You must fulfill them all…and on time.