{"id":1638,"date":"2024-03-28T08:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/grand-rounds\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2024-03-28T08:53:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:53:20","slug":"financial-aid-fafsa-and-scholarship-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/grand-rounds\/2024\/03\/financial-aid-fafsa-and-scholarship-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid: FAFSA and scholarship applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FAFSA<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)<\/a> for the 2024-25 school year is now open! The sooner you complete the FAFSA, the better. Please be aware that FAFSA has changed for 2024-25 year and you may experience some processing delays: the U.S. Department of Education is sending schools FAFSA information much later than usual, so you may not see your award as early this year as you did last year.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\/filling-out\/help\"><strong>Click here for FAFSA help<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why\u00a0should you complete the 2024-25 FAFSA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FAFSA needs to be completed every academic year.<\/li>\n<li>FAFSA is used for more than just Federal Financial Aid: some scholarships require it.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t assume you won\u2019t be eligible for anything \u2013 many factors are evaluated when determining your eligibility, not just your income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Scholarship Applications<\/h3>\n<p>Our scholarship application is changing for 2024-25. 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