Visit the Student Aid on the Web’s FAFSA Information section.
Gather all of the financial documents you’ll need to complete the application.
Follow the instructions on how to apply for your own personal identification number (PIN); you need a PIN to sign electronically the FAFSA and renew and revise the FAFSA when needed.
Look up the Federal School Code of the school(s) to which you are applying. Every school and campus is identified through its individual code.
Click on the Federal Student Aid FAFSA website. Choose Option 2 “Filling Out A FAFSA,” and input all of the required information.
Review the information you entered, and sign the document electronically with the PIN obtained in the prior section. Once you’ve submitted the FAFSA and it gets processed (this can take up to several weeks), the information is forwarded to the schools you selected on the form. This report (sometimes referred to as a Student Aid Report (SAR) or Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) informs a student of her Pell Grant qualification and/or reward.