If you are divorced or separated, and I have to fill out a CSS profile for your dependent student This is a big difference. You need to be aware of as compared to the FAFSA. colleges that use the CSS profile require both parents information even if divorce are separated, whereas the FAFSA doesn’t. you will be required to fill out a custodial and a non-custodial CSS profile. there’s only a handful of colleges that require the CSS profile that don’t actually require a non-custodial profile. colleg

While FAFSA is free, the CSS Profile does require a fee. It's $25 for the first college and then $16 per application after that. If you have a family of four making less than $45,000 a year though, this fee can be waived. If your student is applying to one of the 400 universities that use CSS Profile, remember you still have to submit the FAFSA. So this does not exclude you from FAFSA if we have to do the CSS Profile. Since the CSS Profile can ask unique questions, this can be the opportunity to