TN Promise and FAFSA
First, you and your parents will each create FSA accounts.
Here is the link to create your FSA ID:
Make sure you write down the usernames and passwords and keep in a secure place.
Second, you and your parents will need to access the FAFSA: https://studentaid.gov/fafsa-app/ROLES
Students and their parents should have with them when completing FAFSA:
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- 2020 Federal Tax Return or other income documentation
- Social Security number(s)
- Driver’s license (if any)
- 2020 W-2 Forms or year-end pay stubs and other year-end records of money received
- 2020 untaxed income records, such as child support received and veterans noneducation benefits
- Current information on checking and savings account balances; stock, bond, and other investments; and business and farm assets
- Your alien registration card (if you are not a U.S. citizen)
- Student and parent FSA IDs to sign the FAFSA https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
Click on the below link to learn more of how to fill out the FAFSA with steps and videos tips:
- https://www.collegefortn.org/how-to-fill-out-the-fafsa/
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Read our Three-Step Guide. There are three steps to completing the FAFSA: create a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID, fill out the FAFSA, and review your Student Aid Report (SAR).
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- Here is the actual FAFSA site to apply for FAFSA. Just follow the prompts based on if it is you or your parents. Both of you can go through it each time. https://studentaid.gov/fafsa-app/ROLES
- Click below on the 2022 FAFSA Walk Through Process (pdf) step by step screenshots how to apply for your FAFSA
TN Achieves FAFSA Resources
TN PROMISE APPLICATION PROCESS AND IMPORTANT INFO:
- Make sure to locate your social security card and use a personal email for create a log in. Plan to write down on your passwords' card or keep a secure note on your phone of your username and password.
- Create a log in go click on: https://www.tn.gov/collegepays/
- Click on the box TSAC Student Portal
- Register and then Create a Log in
- Remember to Password will require a Upper Case letter, a number and a special character
- Fill out challenge questions
- Create My account
- Then, click Apply and click on Tennessee Promise
- Fill out the information
- One way to receive community service hours if you cannot do in person due to Covid is through webinars, click here https://tnachieves.org/community-service/webinars/
- Community Service information: https://tnachieves.org/community-service/