Anyone who is in college or applying to college knows what FAFSA is. For those of you who don't know (you lucky, innocent people) FAFSA stands for "Free Application of Federal Student Aid." Basically, you fill out a bunch of information about yourself, your taxes and income and your parents' taxes and income to see if you qualify for financial aid from the government or your university. Sounds simple, right? WRONG.
Here are the emotional stages of filing your FAFSA
1. You're Enjoying Christmas Break When You Realize You Haven't Filed Yet
2. You Try To Procrastinate in Peace
3. But The Anxiety is Building To File Your FAFSA In Time
4. You Tell Your Parents You Need To Do The FAFSA
5. If They've Done it Before, They're Dreading It As Much As You
6. You Forget Your Login
7. You Argue With Your Family And You're All Confused
8. Running Around The House Searching for Files and Information
9. The "Error" Notification Comes Up For A Third Time
10. Trying to Decode Tax Forms
11. You Get Near The End
12. You Finally Finish
13. But You Don't Qualify For Financial Aid
14.But FAFSA Has The Audacity To Offer You A Loan
15. Celebrating Because You Survived Another Year of Filing Your FAFSA
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