Hi,
I’m a senior in high school and I need to fill out FAFSA January1,2016. I plan to attend college in the fall of 2016. I would like to know if I have to fill out the 2015-2016 FAFSA application or the 2016-2017 FAFSA application?
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid comes out on January 1, 2016.
You cannot fill out the FAFSA for 2015-2016 because you are not attending a university from August 2015 to June 2016.
FAFSA covers the “future” year in school (August 2016 to June 2017), so for you, you would apply 2016-2017 because that’s when you hope to get aid for your freshman year.
Easy way to remember…the FAFSA is for the same year that you will be attending college. So if you want aid for the 2016-2017 school year, you fill out the 2016-2017 FAFSA.
Thank You @thumper1 and @“aunt bea” I was so confused