{"id":1339,"date":"2019-10-07T10:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1339"},"modified":"2019-10-07T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:47:41","slug":"fafsa-has-a-new-mobile-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/fafsa-has-a-new-mobile-app\/","title":{"rendered":"FAFSA has a New Mobile App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-570x428.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-380x285.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app-285x214.jpeg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo By: Samantha Garza<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/FAFSA-app_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With students across the nation completing the FAFSA application, they can now apply via the My Student Aid app created by the US Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to its website (<a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/about\">https:\/\/studentaid.ed.gov\/sa\/about<\/a>) The free application for federal student aid, provides \u201cmore than one hundred and twenty billion dollars in federal grants, loans and work study funds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Director of Financial Aid, Jael Perez tells UTRGV Radio that the only major difference from the app and the online application is the experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cNowadays we are all so used to doing a lot of&#8211;most of our transactions for different things on apps, on the phone&#8230;Definitely it is something, you know, an improved experienced for the FAFSA.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>My Student Aid provides links for checklist, loan history, and now allows users to use the IRS data retrieval tool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app is free and available on the Apple app store and Google Play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the My Student Aid app visit studentaid.edu.gov <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter: Samantha Garza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With students across the nation completing the FAFSA application, they can now apply via the My Student Aid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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