Ingaba uyayithanda okanye awuyi, ukugqiba i-FAFSA yindlela yokuqala yokufumana inkxaso yezemali kwiikholeji. Kwaye, nokuba uyayithanda okanye ayikho, lixesha lokugqiba i-FAFSA. Nantsi ke zizinto ezilishumi ezihamba phambili kunye nezixhobo ezincedisayo eziza kukunceda ukufezekisa impumelelo yokuqala ye-FAFSA:
1. Umele ufake iFaFSA
Ukuba ulindele uncedo lwezemali lwasemthethweni kwanaluphi na uhlobo, indlela yodwa yokufumana ngayo kukufaka i-FAFSA.
Kusetyenziswa kwakhona ngamaziko kunye neekholeji zokuncedisa ngemali, nayiphina imboleko yemfundo efunwayo, kunye nezinye iikomiti zee-scholarship, ngoko ayikho indlela ejikelezileyo.
2. Kufuneka ufake ifayile ye-FAFSA yokuqala
Nangona usuku lokuqala luye lwasukela ngo-Oktobha 1, isicwangciso esona sigqibeleleyo seFSAFSA soloko sifanele senze iifayile zokuqala ukuqinisekisa ukuba ufumana lonke uncedo lwezemali onelungelo. Xa usenayo le ndlela, kufuneka ube nako ukufumana uncedo lwezemali kwangaphambili, oluya kuqikelela iindleko zekholejini ezilula.
3. Kufuneka Ukwazi iifayile zakho zokufa
Kukho izihlandlo eziliqela kwinkqubo yesicelo sekholeji kwaye kufuneka uwazi bonke. Kukho isicelo sekholeji ngokwayo-isenzo sokuqala, isigqibo sokuqala, okanye rhoqo. Kuya kubakho iikholeji, i-state kunye nexesha lokuncedisa ngemali, kunye nexesha elide lokufunda. Yilungelelanise ukuze ukwazi ukwenza yonke into ngexesha.
4. Umele ube ne-ID ye-FSA
Ukuba awunayifake isicelo sesinye, yenza oko ngoku ukuze uqhubeke phambili kwi-FAFSA yakho.
5. Umele usebenzise iWebhusayithi ye-FAFSA
Nantoni na enye kodwa fafsa.gov mhlawumbi ingumngcipheko.
6. Umele Ukwazi Iingcaciso Zakho
Ungacingi nantoni na-funda iinkcazo uze uthathe ixesha elifanelekileyo ukucinga ngeempendulo zakho. Musa ukuphulaphula iindumfa xa uphendula le mibuzo:
- Umgcini wezomthetho: Musa ukuphendula ukuba abazali bakho bangabalondolozi bakho bezomthetho ngaphandle kokuba baqeshwe nguRhulumente. Musa ukuphendula lo mbuzo ngaphandle kokuba inkundla yangempela imisele umntu njengomgcini wakho womthetho.
- Umzali: Awukwazi nje ukuthetha ukuba uhlala nootatomkhulu okanye umzali onomvuzo ophantsi. Kukho imigaqo ekhethekileyo ekumele ilandele ukucacisa ukuba ngumzali, kunye nomzali onokwenzeka, ulwazi oza kulusebenzisa.
- Ubungakanani bemizi: Funda imigaqo ukufumana indlela yokubala ubungakanani bendlu, ngakumbi ukuba awuhlali nabazali bakho okanye ukuba uhlala kwindlu kunye nabazalwana babo.
- Ukuya kwiikholeji: Yibandakanya wonke amalungu osapho lwakho oya kukholeji kunyaka ophantsi kokucingisisa, kuquka nawe, kodwa ungafaki nawuphi na abazali kule nani.
7. Kufuneka Ukhangele Umsebenzi Wakho
Ukukhawuleza kwenza inkunkuma, njengoko inkulumo endala ihamba, kwaye oku kuyinyani ngokukodwa xa kuza kuzaliswa i-FAFSA. Iiphutha zikhokelela ekulibazisekeni njengoko iikholeji zizama ukufumana ulwazi oluchanileyo, okubangakho ukukholelwa ekupheleni kwexesha okanye ukulahleka kwezemali. Qinisekisa ukuba uyaqonda ukungafani phakathi kwamacandelo omzali nabafundi, sebenzisa amagama aboniswe kumakhadi oKhuseleko lweNtlalo, kwaye uhlolisise kwakhona iinombolo zoKhuseleko lweNtlalo onika zona. I-typos elula ingakhokelela kwiintloko ezinkulu.
8. Umele usebenzise i-IRS Data Retrieval Tool
Ngokwenene akudingeki ukuba uyenze, kodwa kutheni ungeke uyenze? Esikhundleni sokuba uhlale apho kwaye uthayiphe kuzo zonke iinkcukacha ngokwakho, sebenzisa i-DRT ukuba uhlawule ngokuthe ngqo kwimimandla yezimali kwi-FAFSA kwi-tax revenue tax revenue.
9. Kufuneka ufake iikhowudi zesikolo
Isixhobo esikhulu samakholeji amaninzi asetyenziswayo ukwenza izigqibo zoncedo lwezezimali yi-FAFSA. Uya kufuna ukusebenzisa iikhowudi ezichanekileyo ukuze iikholeji zakho ezikhethiweyo zifumane ulwazi lwakho. Unokubuya kwaye ungeze iikholeji kamva, kodwa ufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukhetho olukhethiweyo lufumana ulwazi lwakho ngokukhawuleza.
10. Umele usayine i-FAFSA
Isinyathelo sokugqibela kukusebenzisa i-ID yeFSA kunye nomzali ukuba usayine i-FAFSA. Ukuba ingasayinwanga ayiyi kufakwa. Ukuba awukwazi ukutyikitya nge-ID ye-FSA ngesizathu esithile, umfundi nomzali banokhetho lokuthumela iphepha lokutsayina.