Applying for financial aid? You might need a college degree to fill out the forms

Source: examiner.com Posted By: Joey R...5482 days ago

If you’re planning to apply for financial aid of almost any kind, the first hurdle you’ll need to clear is the six-page FAFSA form. The Department of Education estimates it takes about an hour to complete, but that number is incredibly unrealistic. It took me about four hours, and Kathy Peterson, an office manager for a telecommunications trade association, told The Chronicle of Higher Education it took her twenty . “I just kept going from one screen to the next, wondering, ‘When is this going to....

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