FAFSA4caster - Estimate your eligibility early

Preparing for college takes planning and organization. FAFSA4caster will help you get an early start on the financial aid process by:

• Providing you with an early estimate of your eligibility for federal student aid.
• Giving you an experience similar to FAFSA on the Web.
• Allowing you to transfer all of your FAFSA4caster data to FAFSA on the Web once you are ready to apply for aid.
• Providing you the option to apply for your Federal Student Aid PIN.
• Increasing your knowledge of the financial aid process, and providing information about other sources of aid.

What are the benefits of using FAFSA4caster?

Instead of waiting until your senior year to find out your eligibility for federal student aid, you can use FAFSA4caster to estimate your eligibility early. You can use FAFSA4caster to learn about the financial aid process and get an early estimate of your eligibility for federal student aid.

FAFSA4caster is not just for high school juniors. Parents of younger students can use the tool to receive early estimates, create scenarios based on future earnings, and then establish college savings strategies. Non-traditional college students (adult learners) can also use FAFSA4caster.

There are additional benefits to using FAFSA4caster:

• You will become familiar with the student aid lifecycle and begin to understand the roles of the financial aid players - students and families, colleges, Federal Student Aid, and banks and lenders.
• When you're finished entering your data, you can see your estimated federal student aid eligibility information, which is based on the answers you provided in FAFSA4caster. Your estimated federal student aid eligibility will help you better understand the types and approximate amounts of federal student aid for which you may qualify.

To get started, just click this link http://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov/F4CApp/index/index.jsf.