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   Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid 2007-08
Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid 2006-07
Federal Student Aid at a Glance Education after High School
Reducing the Cost of Education Am I Eligible
Types of Federal Student Aid Other Aid Sources
Be Careful Getting your PIN
Completing the FAFSA Student Aid Report(SAR)
Information for Borrower Loan Repayment
Postponing Loan Repayment Consolidating your Loans
Loan Discharge(Cancellation) State Higher Education Agencies
Important Terms Other Publications
 


Helpful Information
   
USEFUL WEB SITES

Student Aid on the Web
 www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov
  • Find information on federal student financial aid and access sources of nonfederal aid.


  • Apply online using FAFSA on the Web (the online version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA]).


  • Obtain a PIN (makes applying online faster).


  • Look up the status of your federal student loan.


  • Get information to help you decide on a career and locate schools offering majors in that field. Then apply to various schools online without leaving the site.


  • Use “MyFSA” to create a personalized folder to record your interests, career and college searches and any relevant personal information. Track your progress in the college planning and application process. Store information in “MyFSA” to prepopulate fields on the FAFSA.
Free Help Completing the FAFSA
 www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/completefafsa

Direct Loan Web site (includes servicing center)
www.dl.ed.gov

U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook (information on various careers and their earning potential)
 www.bls.gov/oco


FREQUENTLY REQUESTED TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Federal Student Aid Information Center (FSAIC)

1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243)

TTY users (for the hearing-impaired) can call 1-800-730-8913.

Callers in locations without access to 1-800 numbers may call 319-337-5665 (this is not a toll-free number).

The FSAIC staff can answer your federal student financial aid questions and can give you all the help you need—FREE—including:
  • information about federal student aid programs,
  • help completing the FAFSA,
  • help in making corrections to your Student Aid Report (SAR), which contains your application results,
  • information about the process of determining financial need and awarding aid, and
  • information about your federal student loans.

You can also use an automated response system at this number to find out if your FAFSA application has been processed and to request a copy of your SAR. You can also write to the Federal Student Aid Information Center:

Federal Student Aid Information Center
P.O. Box 84
Washington, DC 20044-0084

Direct Loan borrower services
 1-800-848-0979 | TTY users can call 1-800-848-0983.

Direct Consolidation Loan information
 1-800-557-7392 | TTY users can call 1-800-557-7395.

Office of Inspector General Hotline
 1-800-MIS-USED (1-800-647-8733)

To report student aid fraud (including identity theft), waste or abuse of U.S. Department of Education funds:

E-mail: oig.hotline@ed.gov.

Web site: www.ed.gov/misused.


If you paid for a copy of this FREE publication, please write to the following address and give us the name and address of the organization that charged you.

Federal Student Aid Information Center
P.O. Box 84
Washington, DC 20044-0084



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