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WSJ Your Money Briefing

The New Fafsa Is Out. Here's What Students and Families Need to Know.

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.11.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or Fafsa, has been released for the 2025-26 academic year. Wall Street Journal reporter Oyin Adedoyin joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what students and families can expect, after last year’s glitches slowed down the aid process for many students. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm J.R. Whalen for the Wall Street Journal.

0:40.9

This year's FAFSA is available for students and their families to apply for financial aid,

0:46.0

but some may still have bad memories from last year's form, which was littered with glitches.

0:51.6

It caused a decrease in the number of students and families that were either able to successfully complete the FAFSA or even tried to attempt it.

0:59.2

Some 46% of high school seniors completed the form earlier this year.

1:03.5

That's down from more than half of high school seniors last year.

1:07.7

So you could see how people were discouraged from completing the form.

1:11.7

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