About the CSS Profile

 

The CSS Profile is another form that is required by many private colleges in order to receive financial aid. This form is used institutionally to determine how much financial aid a college will give you. To complete the CSS, log on/create an account on the CSS Profile website. It may not be explicitly stated when you are applying for financial aid that you are required to do the CSS Profile. To see if your college requires you to do the CSS Profile, look over this list from the Profile's website. The CSS may go more in depth than the FAFSA did, and also weights different factors differently than the FAFSA does.

 

If you are unsure about completing an item on the CSS Profile, get in touch with your college's financial aid office. It is also imperative that you keep an eye on the deadline for the CSS Profile. If you do not submit your CSS Profile before the specified deadline, you may not be eligible to receive need-based aid from your college. Deadlines should be included in acceptance package from a college, or can be found online on the college's financial aid website.

 

This may require you to upload documents to IDOC which is run by the College Board. This program will manage all of your documents and will help to easily send documents to various colleges.