New Audio Guide—Working Title for online - Student Aid



Introduction and Overview of Contents for Funding Your Education: Audio Highlights

Introduction

Funding Your Education: Audio Highlights will introduce you to critical information for you to consider as you prepare for education after high school. It will also introduce you to other resources—websites, as well as Braille and print publications—resources that provide more details on many topics relating to your education after high school. Audio Highlights will help you make informed decisions that are right for you in choosing a career and a school (such as talking to a counselor or teacher for advice). It will also show you what to look for—and look out for— in financing your education, and much more.

All you need to do to get started is listen to the 16 sections that make up this guide. The short sections will allow you to listen at your own pace and in any order for your individual needs. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get started.

Contents

Each of the following 16 sections covers a different aspect of the federal student aid life cycle so you can identify and focus on sections of interest to you. The information is presented in a simulated conversation, discussion, or lecture format.

Section 1: Federal Student Aid at a Glance—An Overview of the Process

Section 2: Why Go to College?

Section 3: How to Prepare for College

Section 4: Choosing a Career

Section 5: Choose a School Carefully—It’s a Lifetime Investment

Section 6: What Information Do I Need When I Fill Out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?

Section 7: What Is a Federal Student Aid PIN and Why Do I Need One?

Section 8: What’s So Great About Doing the FAFSA Online?

Section 9: Am I Dependent or Independent? Who Is My Parent When I Fill Out

the FAFSA?

Section 10: Why Get a Federal Student Loan? Adding a Loan to Your Financial Aid Package

Section 11: Got a Federal Student Loan? Be a Responsible Borrower

Section 12: How Your Financial Aid Administrator Can Help You

Section 13: Don’t Get Scammed on Your Way to College

Section 14: Student Aid and Identity Theft

Section 15: Be an Informed Consumer

Section 16: Sources of Nonfederal Aid for Blind and Visually Impaired Students

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