September 21, 2016

Division of Financial Aid reminds families of FAFSA changes

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - To receive priority consideration for federal, state and university-based financial aid, all current and newly admitted students planning to attend Purdue University West Lafayette in the fall of 2017 may file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as early as Oct. 1, but no later than Purdue's priority filing date of March 1, 2017.

"Instead of waiting until January and February and reporting personal and family income using previous year tax data, the 2017-18 FAFSA will look two years back and use 2015 tax data," said David Reseigh, assistant director of outreach services at Purdue's Division of Financial Aid. "This change should allow most families to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (IRS DRT) to complete the FAFSA with their already completed 2015 IRS tax return information. But families with students currently attending college will be using the same tax data two years in a row."

Students and families can visit https://fsaid.ed.gov to create a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID and www.fafsa.gov/ to file the 2017-18 FAFSA using the IRS DRT.

Indiana families can get free FAFSA filing help from financial aid experts at one of two College Goal Sunday events on Nov. 13 or Feb. 12, 2017, starting at 2 p.m. local time. Families can find a complete list of the participating sites around Indiana and additional event information at www.collegegoalsunday.org/.

Families new to Purdue should use the CollegeBoard Net Price Calculator to receive a financial aid package estimate that includes an estimated "net price" (estimated costs less anticipated need-based scholarship and grant aid) at www.purdue.edu/dfa/cost/estimator.html.

The Division of Financial Aid provides financial aid information to students and families through community outreach, via email and online at www.purdue.edu/dfa. The Division of Financial Aid can be reached by calling 765-494-5050 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday, or by emailing facontact@purdue.edu

Source: David Reseigh, 765-496-3919, dlreseigh@purdue.edu

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