Middlesex Community College to Host Free FAFSA Day

Middlesex Community College will host FAFSA Day, a free community workshop to help students and families fill out the 2019-2020 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the federally required application for financial aid.

The workshop will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday Feb. 9, in the Cowan Center on the Lowell campus, 33 Kearney Square.

FAFSA Day at Middlesex offers different options for families seeking assistance including:

• Computer support for families to complete the FAFSA online

• One-on-one assistance from financial-aid experts

To prepare for the event and to allow FAFSA Day volunteers to provide you with email updates prior to the event, all participants are encouraged to register in advance. To register, visit www.FAFSADay.org.

Students and parents should EACH bring the following (students born before Jan. 1, 1996, do not need to bring parental information):

• FSA ID (please sign up and bring both your Student FSA ID and Parent FSA ID, available at https://fsaid.ed.gov)
• Social Security number
• Driver's license number (if any)
• 2017 federal tax return
• 2017 W-2 or year-end pay stub (if didn’t file tax return)
• Current bank statement(s)
• Current business and investment records
• Alien Registration card (if not a U.S. citizen)

To learn more about FAFSA Day at MCC, contact Deborah Marsella, Associate Director of Financial Aid, at marsellad@middlesex.mass.edu or 978-656-3242.

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