Also keep in mind that, unlike the FAFSA form, the CSS Profile is not free. The College Board says most families need to pay $25 for an initial application to one institution, and $16 for each ...

The schools that require the application are mostly private ... FAFSA can use much of the same documentation for the CSS Profile. On both forms, families report their income from two years prior ...

To simplify the application process, Brandeis requests that entering first-year regular decision undergraduate applicants initially file only the CSS Profile and the FAFSA. These forms allow us to ...