Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid 2010-11
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Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid 2010-11
  • FEDERAL STUDENT AID AT A GLANCE
  • A WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU APPLY
  • REDUCING THE COST OF EDUCATION
  • AM I ELIGIBLE?
  • TYPES OF FEDERAL STUDENT AID
  • OTHER FINANCIAL AID SOURCES
  • IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE… BE CAREFUL
  • B HOW DO I APPLY?
  • GETTING YOUR FEDERAL STUDENT AID PIN
  • COMPLETING THE FAFSA
  • THE STUDENT AID REPORT (SAR)
  • C REPAYING YOUR STUDENT LOAN
  • BORROWER’S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • LOAN REPAYMENT
  • POSTPONING LOAN REPAYMENT
  • CONSOLIDATING YOUR LOANS
  • LOAN CANCELLATION
  • IMPORTANT TERMS
  • STATE HIGHER EDUCATION AGENCIES
  • OTHER FEDERAL STUDENT AID PUBLICATIONS


  •     U.S. Department of Education
    Arne Duncan
    Secretary

    Federal Student Aid
    William J. Taggart
    Chief Operating Officer

    Student Aid Awareness and Applicant Services
    Jennifer Douglas
    General Manager


    February 2010

    This guide is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Student Aid Awareness and Applicant Services Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid 2010-11, Washington, D.C., 2010

    Order copies of this guide in English and Spanish in bulk from the U.S. Department of Education at:

    Online: www.FSAPubs.gov
    E-mail: orders@FSApubs.gov
    Call in your request toll-free: 1-800-394-7084 or 1-877-433-7827 (1-877-4-ED-PUBS)

    If 877 services are not available in your area, call 1-800-872-5327 (1-800-USA-LEARN). Those who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a teletypewriter (TTY), should call 1-800-437-0833.

    You can order up to five copies of this guide by calling the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243 (1-800-4-FED-AID).

    This guide is also available online (PDF and HTML) on the Federal Student Aid Web site at www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/pubs.

    On request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, or CD. For more information, please contact the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243 (1-800-4-FED-AID). TTY users should call 1-800-730-8913.

    This guide contains Web site addresses for information created and maintained by outside organizations. This information is provided for the reader’s convenience. The U.S. Department of Education is not responsible for controlling or guaranteeing the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of information or Web site addresses does not reflect the importance of the organization, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered.

    All Web site addresses included in this publication were accurate at press time.

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    The information in this guide was compiled in the summer of 2009. For changes to the federal student aid programs since then, visit www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov.



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