Just one Web site at the U.S.

Department ● find everything you need to know about

of Education tells you everything you need federal student aid programs.
to know about getting federal student aid
— Access Department publications such
to help pay for education after high
as The Student Guide and Funding Your
school. Before, you had to use different
Education.
Web sites for different purposes. Now, just
go to www.studentaid.ed.gov, apply for aid — Get federal school codes for schools
online, and get all the information you you want to list on the FAFSA.
need from just one place.
— Get current student loan interest rates,
You can learn what to do if your loan is in
● apply for federal student aid for free. trouble, and find out about loan cancel-
Fill out and transmit the Free Application lation provisions for teachers.
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), avail-
— Access the National Student Loan Data
able in English and Spanish. FAFSA on
System (NSLDS), the Department of
the Web is easy and faster than the pa-
Education’s database for federal stu-
per version of the FAFSA. As you're fill-
dent aid. You can use NSLDS to make in-
ing out the FAFSA, you can access step-
quiries about your loans and/or Pell
by-step instructions to help you com-
Grants using your PIN (see above).
plete the form correctly.
— Access College Opportunities On-Line
● get a PIN (a personal identification num-
(COOL), where you can directly link to
ber), which you’ll need to sign your
more than 9,000 colleges and universi-
FAFSA electronically, correct any infor-
ties and get information about their
mation after you get your FAFSA results,
programs, costs, and curricula. You can
or access your student aid history
also find out whether they participate
online. If you applied for aid last year,
in the U.S. Department of Education’s
the Department will mail you a PIN.
student aid programs.

Remember, just one address will give you

all this and lots more information:
www.studentaid.ed.gov.