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Financial Aid & FAFSA/WASFA

All seniors applying to college, university, or a tech/trade school should also apply for financial aid—this includes FAFSA, WASFA, and scholarships.

Financial aid applications open on October 1 each year. You do not need to know where you're going yet to fill them out. Once you’ve made your decision, contact your college’s financial aid office to make sure you’re applying for all available aid and scholarships.

Check each college’s scholarship deadlines on their financial aid or scholarship pages!

Click here for a quick video with key FAFSA information!

In order to start your FAFSA application, you must first:

  1. Create an FSA ID, which is a username and password, that will allow you to login to your FAFSA application and you will use it to sign your FAFSA form electronically at the end. Because your parent/guardian will have to sign off on the FAFSA, they will need to create one too. (your parents may already have an FSA ID from an older sibling that they will use.)
  2. Gather items to help you fill out the FAFSA:
  • Your social security number/parent social security number
  • Your driver’s license or ID card and your parent’s
  • Your income information (bank statements, W-2, last year's tax return) and your parents’ information
  • Additional financial information (parents supply this info)

Start the FAFSA

If you need help, research online or call the FAFSA hotline (800-433-3243)

  1. Start the FAFSA application by filling out the student portion and then have your parent/guardian fill out the parent portion of the application. Finish the application by signing with your FSA ID’s.
  2. To start the WASFA application, visit https://wsac.wa.gov/wasfa
    1. Start by registering a new WASFA account and then answer a series of questions.
    2. Gather items to help you fill out the WASFA
  • Your income information (bank statements, W-2, last year's tax return) and your parents
  • Additional financial information and your parents.

Contact

Seniors, contact your counselor or the College & Career Center to answer any questions you may have and direct you to resources. 

College and Career Center
360-563-4045