| AwardYear: Edition: High School Part: 1 - - SECTION A "YOU (THE STUDENT)" SectionNumber: SectionTitle: "YOU (THE STUDENT)" PageNumbers: 44 PURPOSE: The FAFSA collects identifying information that is used to track a student (name, telephone number, address, Social Security Number, and so on) and other information that affects a student's basic financial aid eligibility. For instance, Section A includes a question about citizenship status because a student must be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen to receive federal student aid. Similarly, a student who has a bachelor's degree is ineligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant or an FSEOG. Questions 4-7 ask for a student's permanent mailing address. The student must give a PERMANENT HOME MAILING ADDRESS (not a school or office address). Question 8 asks for a student's SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (SSN). A student must have a Social Security Number to apply for federal financial aid. If the student submits a FAFSA without a Social Security Number, the FAFSA will be returned to the student unprocessed. To get an SSN, or to determine what it is if a student's Social Security card has been lost, the student must contact the local Social Security office. The one exception to the SSN requirement is for students from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau. The FAFSA instructions refer these students to a postsecondary school's financial aid office for more information. Questions 11 and 12 ask for the student's STATE OF LEGAL RESIDENCE. The student's state of legal residence identifies the state agency to which information will be sent if the student has authorized such a release in Section H of the form. The state then may use this information to determine eligibility for state student aid programs. The student's state is also used in the EFC calculation to determine the appropriate allowance for state and other taxes paid by that state's residents. For a dependent student, the state of legal residence is usually the state in which his or her parents live. Questions 17 and 18 ask about a student's MARITAL STATUS because the treatment of a student's income and assets in the EFC calculation is directly affected by the student's marital status. Marital status cannot be projected--the student must report his or her marital status as of the date the application is completed. Question 19 asks whether a student will have a FIRST BACHELOR'S DEGREE BEFORE JULY 1, 1996 because eligibility for Federal Pell Grants and Federal SEOGs is restricted to students who have not yet received bachelor's degrees. If the student answers "yes" to this question, a message saying a bachelor's degree has been received will be printed at the top of page one of the SAR or on the electronic filing results. |