Enter your personal student information in the application including your name, address, birth date, phone number and driver's license number.
Enter your individual financial information for questions 32 through 57 but do not include your parents. If you are married, questions 32 through 57 apply to both you and your spouse.
Enter your parents' financial information in the next section if you are a dependent. You are generally a dependent unless you are over 24 years old or married. Questions 58 through 92 apply to your parents' marital status, dependents, income and investments.
Fill in the questions in Step 5 if you're declared an independent student. Enter how many other dependents reside in your household and how many other people in your household attend college.
Use Section 6 to enter the information for each of the colleges you're interested in applying to. Also note where you plan to live, whether on your own, with your parents or in the college dormitories.
Sign and date the form in Section 7. If you use your parents' information, one parent also must sign the form. If you prepared the information on behalf of someone else, you must enter your own Social Security number and signature on the form. Submit your application and wait to receive a letter or email informing you on the status of your application. If the government needs additional information, you will be informed of this.