FOTW Worksheet

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U.S. Department of Education
Federal Student Aid

DO NOT MAIL THIS WORKSHEET.

APPLICATION DEADLINES
Federal Deadline - June 30, 2012
State Aid Deadlines - See below.

This FAFSA on the Web Worksheet provides a preview of the questions
that you may be asked while completing the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) online at www.fafsa.gov.

Check with your financial aid administrator for these states
and territories:

You must complete and submit a FAFSA to apply for federal student aid
and for most state and college aid. Write down notes to help you easily
complete your FAFSA anytime after January 1, 2011.

Pay attention to the symbols that may be listed after
your state deadline.

See the table to the right for state deadlines. Your application must be
submitted by midnight Central time. Also pay attention to the symbols
that may be listed after your state deadline. Check with your high
school counselor or your college’s financial aid administrator about
other deadlines. The Federal deadline is June 30, 2012.

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AK Education Grant - April 15, 2011 (date received)
AK Performance Scholarship - June 30, 2011 (date
received)
Academic Challenge - June 1, 2011 (date received)
Workforce Grant - Contact the financial aid office.
Higher Education Opportunity Grant - June 1, 2011
(date received)
Initial awards - March 2, 2011 + *
Additional community college awards - September 2,
2011 (date postmarked) + *
February 15, 2011 (date received) # *
June 30, 2011 (date received by state) # *
April 15, 2011 (date received)
May 15, 2011 (date processed)
July 1, 2011 (date received); earlier priority deadlines
may exist for certain programs.
Opportunity Grant - March 1, 2011 (date received) # *
As soon as possible after January 1, 2011. Awards
made until funds are depleted.
March 10, 2011 (date received)
April 1, 2011 (date received) # *
As soon as possible after January 1, 2011. Awards
made until funds are depleted.
June 30, 2012 (July 1, 2011 recommended)
May 1, 2011 (date received) #
March 1, 2011 (date received)
May 1, 2011
March 1, 2011 (date received)
30 days after term starts (date received)
April 1, 2011 (date received) #
MTAG and MESG Grants - September 15, 2011 (date
received)
HELP Scholarship - March 31, 2011 (date received)
March 1, 2011 (date received) #
March 15, 2011 (date received) #
May 1, 2011 (date received)
2010-2011 Tuition Aid Grant recipients - June 1, 2011
(date received)
All other applicants
- October 1, 2011, fall & spring terms (date received)
- March 1, 2012, spring term only (date received)
June 30, 2011 (date received) + *
October 1, 2011 (date received)
March 15, 2011
OSAC Private Scholarships - March 1, 2011 (date
received)
Oregon Opportunity Grant - As soon as possible after
January 1, 2011. Awards made until funds are
depleted.
All 2010-2011 State Grant recipients & all non2010-2011 State Grant recipients in degree programs
- May 1, 2011(date received) *
All other applicants - August 1, 2011 (date received) *
March 1, 2011 (date received) #
Tuition Grants - June 30, 2011 (date received)
SC Commission on Higher Education - As soon as
possible after January 1, 2011. Awards made until
funds are depleted.
State Grant - As soon as possible after January 1,
2011. Awards made until funds are depleted.
State Lottery - September 1, 2011 (date received) #
April 15, 2011 (date received) # *

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Applying is easier with the new IRS Data Retrieval tool!

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Beginning January 30, 2011 students and parents who have completed
their 2010 IRS tax return will be able to use FAFSA on the Web to view
the tax information needed to complete the FAFSA. There will also be
an option to securely transfer the tax information into the FAFSA.

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Sign your FAFSA with a Federal Student Aid PIN!

If you do not have a PIN, you can apply for one at www.pin.ed.gov.
Your PIN allows you to electronically sign when you submit your FAFSA.
If you are providing parent information, one parent must also sign your
FAFSA. To sign electronically, your parent should also apply for a PIN.

Free help is available!
You do not have to pay to get help or submit your FAFSA. Submit your
FAFSA for free online at www.fafsa.gov. Federal Student Aid provides
free help online at www.fafsa.gov or you can call 1-800-4-FED-AID.
TTY users (hearing impaired) can call 1-800-730-8913.
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MT
ND
NH
NJ

NY
OH
OK
OR

PA

RI
SC

TN

WV

STATE AID DEADLINES

This Worksheet does not include all the questions from the
FAFSA. The questions that are included are ordered as they
appear on FAFSA on the Web. When you are online you may be
able to skip some questions based on your answers to earlier
questions.

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This Worksheet is optional and should only be completed if
you plan to use FAFSA on the Web.
Sections in purple are for parent information.

AK

AR

CA

CT
DC
DE
FL
IA

ID
IL

IN
KS
KY

LA
MA
MD
ME
MI
MN
MO
MS

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AL, AS *, AZ, CO, FM *, GA, GU *, HI *, MH *, MP *, NC, NE, NM,
NV *, PR, PW *, SD *, TX, UT, VA *, VI *, VT *, WA, WI and WY *.

# For priority consideration, submit application by date specified.
+ Applicants encouraged to obtain proof of mailing.
* Additional form may be required.
Federal Student Aid logo and FAFSA are service marks or registered service marks of Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education.

WWW.FAFSA.GOV

2011-2012 FAFSA ON THE WEB WORKSHEET

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SECTION 1 - STUDENT INFORMATION
After you are online, you can add up to ten colleges on your FAFSA. The colleges will receive the information from your processed
FAFSA.

Student’s Last Name

First Name

Social Security Number

Student Citizenship Status (check one of the following)
❑ U.S. citizen (U.S. national)

❑ Neither citizen nor eligible noncitizen

❑ Eligible noncitizen (Enter your Alien Registration Number in the box to the right.)
Generally, you are an eligible noncitizen if you are:
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Your Alien Registration Number

A permanent U.S. resident with a Permanent Resident Card (I-551);
A conditional permanent resident (I-551C); or
The holder of an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any of the
following designations: “Refugee,” “Asylum Granted,” “Parolee” (I-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of one year and
status has not expired), “Victim of human trafficking,” T-Visa holder (T-1, T-2, T-3, etc.) or “Cuban-Haitian Entrant.”

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Student Marital Status (check one of the following)
❑ Single

❑ Married or remarried

❑ Separated

❑ Divorced or widowed

You will be asked to provide information about your spouse if you are married or remarried.

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Selective Service Registration

If you are male and 25 or younger, you can use the FAFSA to register with Selective Service.

❑ I have never attended college

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Student Aid Eligibility Drug Convictions

❑ I have never received federal student aid

❑ I have never had a drug conviction

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If you did not check any of these boxes, you will be asked more questions online.

Highest school your father completed

Highest school your mother completed

❑ Middle school/Jr. high
❑ High school

❑ College or beyond
❑ Other/unknown
❑ College or beyond
❑ Other/unknown

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❑ Middle school/Jr. high
❑ High school

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SECTION 2 - STUDENT DEPENDENCY STATUS

If you can check ANY of the following boxes, you will not have to provide parental information. Skip to page 4.
If you check NONE of the following boxes, you will be asked to provide parental information. Go to the next page.
❑ I was born before
January 1, 1988

❑ I am married

❑ I will be working on a master’s or doctorate program (e.g., MA, MBA,
MD, JD, PhD, EdD, graduate certificate)

❑ I am serving on active duty in
the U.S. Armed Forces

❑ I am a veteran of the U.S. Armed
Forces

❑ I have children and I provide more than half of their support

❑ Since I turned age 13, both of
my parents were deceased

❑ I was in foster care since turning
age 13

❑ I have dependents (other than children or my spouse) who live with
me and I provide more than half of their support

❑ I was a dependent or ward of
the court since turning age 13

❑ I am currently or I was an
emancipated minor

❑ I am currently or I was in legal
guardianship

❑ I am homeless or I am at risk of
being homeless

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For Help - call 1-800-4-FED-AID

2011-2012 FAFSA ON THE WEB WORKSHEET

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SECTION 3 - PARENT INFORMATION
Who is considered a parent? “Parent” refers to a biological or adoptive parent. Grandparents, foster parents, legal guardians, older siblings,

and uncles or aunts are not considered parents on this form unless they have legally adopted you. In case of divorce or separation, give information
about the parent you lived with most in the last 12 months. If you did not live with one parent more than the other, give information about the
parent who provided you the most financial support during the last 12 months or during the most recent year you received support. If your divorced
or widowed parent has remarried, also provide information about your stepparent.

Providing your father’s information? You will need:

Providing your mother’s information? You will need:

Father’s/Stepfather’s Social Security Number

Mother’s/Stepmother’s Social Security Number

Father’s/Stepfather’s name

Mother’s/Stepmother’s name

Father’s/Stepfather’s date of birth

Mother’s/Stepmother’s date of birth

❑ Check here if your father/stepfather is a dislocated worker

❑ Check here if your mother/stepmother is a dislocated worker

Did your parents file or will they file a 2010 income tax return?

❑ My parents have already completed a tax return

❑ My parents will file, but have not yet completed a tax return

❑ My parents are not going to file an income tax return

Your parents will need their tax returns and/or W-2 forms to complete the FAFSA.

What was your parents’ adjusted gross income for 2010?
Skip this question if your parents did not file taxes. Adjusted gross income is on IRS Form 1040—Line 37;

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1040A—line 21; or 1040EZ—line 4.

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The following questions ask about earnings (wages, salaries, tips, etc.) in 2010. Answer the questions whether or not a tax return was
filed. This information may be on the W-2 forms, or on the IRS Form 1040—Line 7 + 12 + 18 + Box 14 of IRS Schedule K-1 (Form 1065);
1040A—line 7; or 1040EZ—line 1.

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How much did your mother/stepmother earn from working in 2010?

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How much did your father/stepfather earn from working in 2010?

In 2009 or 2010, did anyone in your parents’ household receive:
❑ Supplemental Security Income

❑ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

❑ Food Stamps

❑ Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

❑ Free or Reduced Price School Lunch

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Note: Food Stamps and TANF may have a different name in your state. Call 1-800-4-FED-AID to find out the name of the state’s program.

Did your parents have any of the following items in 2010?
Check all that apply. Once online, you may be asked to report amounts paid or received by your parents.
Additional Financial Information

❑ American Opportunity, Hope or Lifetime
Learning tax credits
❑ Child support paid
❑ Taxable earnings from work-study, assistantships
or fellowships
❑ Taxable grant and scholarship aid reported to
the IRS
❑ Combat pay or special combat pay
❑ Cooperative education program earnings

Untaxed Income
❑ Payments to tax-deferred pension and
savings plans
❑ Child support received
❑ IRA deductions and payments to selfemployed SEP, SIMPLE and Keogh
❑ Tax exempt interest income
❑ Untaxed portions of IRA distributions

❑ Untaxed portions of pension distributions
❑ Housing, food and other living allowances
paid to members of the military, clergy
and others
❑ Veterans noneducation benefits
❑ Other untaxed income not reported, such
as workers’ compensation or disability

Your parents may be asked to provide more information about their assets.
Your parents may need to report the net worth of their current businesses and/or investment farms.
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WWW.FAFSA.GOV

2011-2012 FAFSA ON THE WEB WORKSHEET

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SECTION 4 - STUDENT INFORMATION
Did you file or will you file a 2010 income tax return?

❑ I have already completed my tax return

❑ I will file, but I have not completed my tax return

❑ I’m not going to file an income tax return

You will need your tax returns and/or W-2 forms to complete the FAFSA.

What was your (and spouse’s) adjusted gross income for 2010?
Skip this question if you or your spouse did not file taxes. Adjusted gross income is on IRS Form 1040—Line 37;

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1040A—line 21; or 1040EZ—line 4.

The following questions ask about earnings (wages, salaries, tips, etc.) in 2010. Answer the questions whether or not a tax return was
filed. This information may be on the W-2 forms, or on the IRS Form 1040—Line 7 + 12 +18 + Box 14 of IRS Schedule K-1 (Form 1065);
1040A—line 7; or 1040EZ—line 1.

How much did you earn from working in 2010?

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❑ Check here if you are a dislocated worker

How much did your spouse earn from working in 2010?

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❑ Check here if your spouse is a dislocated worker

In 2009 or 2010, did anyone in your household receive:
❑ Supplemental Security Income
❑ Food Stamps
❑ Free or Reduced Price School Lunch

❑ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
❑ Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

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Note: Food Stamps and TANF may have a different name in your state. Call 1-800-4-FED-AID to find out the name of the state’s program.

Did you or your spouse have any of the following items in 2010?
Check all that apply. Once online you may be asked to report amounts paid or received.
Untaxed Income

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Additional Financial Information

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❑ Payments to tax-deferred pension and
savings plans
❑ Child support received
❑ IRA deductions and payments to selfemployed SEP, SIMPLE and Keogh
❑ Tax exempt interest income
❑ Untaxed portions of IRA distributions

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❑ American Opportunity, Hope or Lifetime
Learning tax credits
❑ Child support paid
❑ Taxable earnings from work-study, assistantships
or fellowships
❑ Taxable grant and scholarship aid reported to
the IRS
❑ Combat pay or special combat pay
❑ Cooperative education program earnings

❑ Untaxed portions of pension distributions
❑ Housing, food and other living allowances
paid to members of the military, clergy
and others
❑ Veterans noneducation benefits
❑ Other untaxed income not reported, such
as workers’ compensation or disability
❑ Money received or paid on your behalf

You may be asked to provide more information about your (and your spouse’s) assets.
You may need to report the net worth of current businesses and/or investment farms.
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Do not mail this Worksheet. Go to www.fafsa.gov to complete and submit your application.
For more information on federal student aid, visit www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov.
You can also talk with your college’s financial aid office about other types of student aid that may be available.
For Help - call 1-800-4-FED-AID

2011-2012 FAFSA ON THE WEB WORKSHEET

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