Bellin College students who wish to apply for any form of need-based or non-need based financial aid from federal and/or state sources must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.studentaid.gov. The FAFSA will be used to determine a student’s eligibility for financial aid programs administered by the Bellin College financial aid office. Bellin College’s FAFSA School Code is 006639. The student must have a valid FSA user ID and password in order to electronically sign the FAFSA and other federal financial aid documents. The FAFSA will require demographic data, number of household members, income and asset data and degree/program enrollment plans. Students may file the FAFSA as early as October 1 of the previous academic year. Students are encouraged to use the IRS Data Retrieval Toll (DRT) on the FAFSA website in order to import the official income data directly into the FAFSA for the appropriate tax year. This will ensure that the data is accurate.