Wilkes Community College financial aid officers will join college financial aid specialists across the state in offering financial aid assistance on Saturday, Feb. 18, to help high school seniors and families complete and submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms online. At Wilkes Community College, assistance will be offered in Lowe’s Hall rooms 1705 and 1706. There will be free FAFSA Day programs in all 100 counties with most sites open from 9 a.m. until noon.
Completing the FAFSA form is a requirement to be considered for all federal and most state financial aid for college, including scholarships and grants. This year’s statewide FAFSA Day is sponsored by College Foundation of North Carolina, the North Carolina Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and State Employees’ Credit Union.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. To pre-register at Wilkes Community College, contact Vickie Call, director of Financial Aid, at 336-838-6146.
More than 300 sites will be available, including campus sites and State Employees’ Credit Union branches. The Credit Union can assist SECU members in any of its branch locations; however, in counties where there are no campus sites, the Credit Union can serve members and non-members. A list of all locations and registration is available at www.CFNC.org/FAFSAday or by calling 866-866-CFNC toll-free.
To be fully prepared to complete the FAFSA on Feb. 18, participants should either file their 2011 federal taxes in advance or bring the following items: both the student’s and parents’ federal 1040 tax forms for 2011 (or W-2 forms and other income and asset documents if completed tax forms are not available); the student’s and one parent’s Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) obtained in advance from the U.S. Department of Education website, www.pin.ed.gov; and a FAFSA on the Web Worksheet with as much information entered as possible. The online Worksheet is available at www.fafsa.gov.
Wilkes Community College, a member of the North Carolina Community College System, is a public, two-year, open-door institution serving the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties and beyond.