The Video: The 2027-28 CSS Profile

In this webinar, Swami and LifeLaunchr coach Claire Schadler explain what the CSS Profile is, how colleges use it to award their own aid, and how to file it correctly the first time.

The CSS Profile is the other financial aid form. Here’s what it does, who needs it, and how to get it right.

This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. The appendix is available as a PDF at the end of this post.

Speakers: Swami (Venkates Swaminathan), Founder and CEO of LifeLaunchr, and Claire Schadler, LifeLaunchr college admissions coach. Audience questions from the chat were read aloud by Claire.

Welcome and Introductions

Swami: Welcome to this webinar about the CSS Profile, the other financial aid form families have to fill out besides the FAFSA. If you have questions, please put them in the chat or the Q&A box at the bottom of your screen, and we’ll answer them as we go.

I see something in the chat already.

Claire: Someone’s wishing you a happy Diwali.

Swami: Thanks, Vinay. Happy Diwali to you too, and happy Diwali to everyone watching.

We’re going to talk about the CSS Profile, a financial aid form you may have to file if your student is a high school senior, and every year while they’re in college, depending on the colleges they apply to. We’ll cover what the CSS Profile is and what colleges do with it.

First, quick introductions. My name is Swami, Venkates Swaminathan. I’m the founder and CEO of LifeLaunchr, which I founded in 2014. I’m a member of NACAC and HECA. I chair the AI committee at HECA and co-lead HECA’s AI Learning Lab, along with Vinay, who just wished us a happy Diwali. So hi, Vinay.

I’m joined today by my colleague Claire, who works with so many of our students so well. Claire, would you like to introduce yourself?

Claire: Hi, everyone. My name’s Claire Schadler, and I’m a college admissions coach at LifeLaunchr. I’ve worked in college admissions for over 10 years, helping students with their applications and their essays. Before that, I studied teaching English as a second language, and I’ve lived in multiple countries working with students. I’m excited to be here today.

What This Presentation Is, and What It Isn’t

Swami: This isn’t a screen-by-screen presentation on exactly how to fill in each screen of the CSS Profile. There’s a screen-by-screen overview, and Claire will share the link. You can and should watch it if you want that kind of walkthrough. The form itself isn’t that complicated.

What confuses most people is what the CSS Profile is, and how it fits into the whole picture of need-based aid and merit aid. That’s what you need to understand to figure out how much college will actually cost you.

So we’ll cover three things. First, what the CSS Profile is, what colleges do with it, and why each college’s answer can be different. Second, how to figure out what college will cost for you. Third, what you need to file the CSS Profile correctly the first time.

We’ll say this again later, but it’s important. It’s important to do this soon, but it’s even more important to do it right. Please don’t file in a hurry and make mistakes. You get one correction, but after that, correcting the CSS Profile is a pain in the neck. That doesn’t mean do it slowly. Do it quickly, but do it right. Gather all your information, file it, and then let the colleges do what they do.

The appendix to this presentation has lots of details we won’t cover today. When we email the recording, which everyone who signed up will get, you’ll also get the presentation, the transcript, the links, and the appendix.

If you didn’t watch our FAFSA webinar, please watch that too. It goes even further into explaining how the financial aid system really works.

Claire: I just put that link into the chat for anyone who missed it.

Part Two of a Three-Part Series

Swami: This is part two of a three-part series. The first part was about the FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It covered how the financial aid system works and the federal form.

The CSS Profile is a form from a private organization, the College Board. That’s the same nonprofit that runs the SAT and the AP exams. Today we’ll talk about how it works for the colleges that use it. Later, we’ll do a presentation on merit aid and scholarships, which is the other part of the financial aid system.

What’s New This Year

Swami: For the most part, the CSS Profile hasn’t changed much this year compared to last year. The most significant change is that there’s no citizenship question. Each college still has its own eligibility rules about what aid is available to citizens and noncitizens, but the CSS Profile no longer asks.

Because the FAFSA has changed over the last couple of years, the difference between the FAFSA and the CSS Profile has grown. The FAFSA used to count assets held in family businesses and farms. Now it no longer asks about them, but the CSS Profile still does. The FAFSA also doesn’t ask about the value of the home you live in, and the CSS Profile does. That isn’t new, but it’s still the case.

Second, and this hasn’t changed, the CSS Profile costs money to file for most people. It costs $25 for the first college and $16 for each one after that. It’s free if your family’s adjusted gross income is $100,000 or less.

Finally, you get one correction a year. If you make a mistake on the CSS Profile, you can correct it once. After that, if you still need to make changes, you have to contact every college directly.

Do It Quickly, but Do It Right

Swami: So I’ll say it again: do it quickly, but do it right. Claire, we get this question a lot. Especially this time of year, people get a little panicked.

There are deadlines that come early, and deadlines that start in November. But virtually no college will assess a student’s financial aid needs until it has made at least a tentative decision about whether to admit the student. So it’s important to do it quickly, but you don’t have to feel a sense of panic.

Claire: Right. And you don’t want to have to contact every single college on a student’s list.

Swami: Totally. Because you contact them, they follow up, you follow up. It’s a lot of things to keep track of.

Each College Does Its Own Math

Swami: Let’s talk about how colleges use the CSS Profile. The main idea behind both forms, the FAFSA and the CSS Profile, is that they give colleges a picture of your family’s financial situation. How colleges use that picture varies from college to college.

People sometimes ask if there’s a formula. “If I have this much equity in my home, what does that do to my financial aid offer?” Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to answer those questions precisely, because the answer varies from college to college.

Broadly speaking, the CSS Profile uses what you’ll hear called the Institutional Methodology. The FAFSA uses what’s called the Federal Methodology. These are ways of taking income and assets and putting them together to produce a number: this is how much the family can afford for college.

The Institutional Methodology varies by institution. Colleges subscribe to the CSS Profile, and each one gets to set its own variations. So it’s impossible to predict at the outset what difference any one thing makes.

Claire: That’s going to come up throughout this presentation. There’s not a lot gained from trying to figure out how it’s going to be used. Just put the information forward, and each institution will use it the way it wants to.

Swami: It’s like people trying to figure out how one grade affects their GPA. Each college calculates GPA slightly differently, and there’s no point trying to predict it. The goal there is to get the best grades you can. The goal here is to put in accurate, complete information and let things happen as they do.

The CSS Profile in Brief

Swami: In brief, the CSS Profile is run by the College Board, a private organization. It’s the same one that runs the SAT, the Advanced Placement curriculum, and the AP exams.

It’s used for colleges’ own money, and this is a big difference. Federal law prohibits colleges from requiring any form other than the FAFSA, or asking for additional information, to award federal aid. Federal student loans, federal work-study, the Pell Grant, and Parent PLUS loans are all based on your FAFSA. No college can use the CSS Profile for that money.

The CSS Profile is used mostly by private colleges, but also by some public universities and by scholarship programs, to award their own money. In some cases, states also have their own forms besides the FAFSA. The state of Georgia, for example, has its own form.

Which Colleges Need It

Swami: If you’re not sure whether a college on your list needs the CSS Profile, there’s a list, and the College Board publishes it. Claire will share the link.

The list has several columns. It tells you whether the CSS Profile is required for domestic applicants, for international applicants, for in-state or out-of-state applicants, and so on. It’s pretty clear. If you have colleges on your list that require the CSS Profile, you’ll need to fill it out to get aid.

The CSS Profile Doesn’t Replace the FAFSA

Swami: The CSS Profile is not a substitute for the FAFSA. Pretty much all of these colleges also require the FAFSA, because the FAFSA still controls all federal aid and most state aid. In many states, like California or Florida, the FAFSA goes to the state, which uses it to determine state aid. In California, that’s the Cal Grant.

The exception is international students. If you’re not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and you don’t meet any of the other eligibility criteria, you can’t file the FAFSA. For those students, colleges use the CSS Profile to award need-based aid, unless they have their own separate form. For U.S. citizens and permanent residents, colleges that use both forms use them together.

Some colleges use only the FAFSA, and some use both. Some colleges add their own form too. Georgia Tech has its own financial aid application. Princeton doesn’t use the CSS Profile at all. It has its own form instead. So check each college’s requirements and follow the instructions for the forms it needs.

Claire: I just put those links in the chat: the list of participating institutions, information for international applicants, and the Georgia Tech and Princeton examples. There are more colleges than just those two, but they show the differences.

If You Can’t File the FAFSA

Swami: Some students, as I said, aren’t eligible for federal aid. At most colleges that offer them need-based aid, the CSS Profile is the form they’ll use.

I’ll say this at the outset: many colleges offer no need-based aid to international students. If you’re an international student applying to an American college, check its policy on need-based aid for international students first.

Many selective colleges that are need-blind for U.S. students are need-aware for international students. Those terms are a little technical, so I’ll explain. Need-blind means that whether you need financial aid makes no difference in the college’s decision to admit you. Need-aware means it does make a difference. If you’re an international student, asking for need-based aid can affect your chances of admission. For U.S. students, it can also affect your chances at some colleges, but a different list of colleges.

I realize that if you’re a parent watching this, you’re hearing me say “check” a lot. Unfortunately, that’s the only way to know. Is the college need-aware for domestic students? For international students? You have to check college by college. When we work with students, that’s one of the things we do.

The College Board’s participating institutions list, which Claire already shared, shows which colleges use the CSS Profile, and for whom. It gives you a very detailed overview.

What the CSS Profile Asks That the FAFSA Doesn’t

Swami: For both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile, you’ll need income. If you’re filing now, in 2026, for the 2027-28 academic year, you’ll need your 2025 tax return. You’ll also need cash, savings, and investments. Income counts from last year. Assets count as of the date you file the form.

The FAFSA doesn’t ask about the home you live in. It doesn’t ask about money held in a retirement account, like an IRA or a 401(k). It doesn’t ask about assets held inside a family business or farm. So if you own an auto dealership or some other family business, or you operate a farm, that information isn’t required on the FAFSA.

The FAFSA also doesn’t ask about the noncustodial parent’s finances when parents are separated or divorced. It only asks about the custodial parent. We said this in the FAFSA webinar, but it’s worth repeating: the custodial parent is the one who provides more than half of the student’s financial support. The other parent is the noncustodial parent. It has nothing to do with how much time the student spends at whose home.

The CSS Profile asks about all of that, plus the value of the home you live in and any mortgage debt against it. It asks about the value of businesses and farms and the debt against those assets. It asks about medical costs and private school tuition. Say you have a student going into college, and another child in seventh or ninth grade at a private school. It will ask about that tuition. And many colleges will ask for the noncustodial parent’s finances, so the noncustodial parent will also have to submit a CSS Profile.

Bottom line: it asks for a lot more information, and in general it produces a much higher estimate of what your family can afford to pay for college.

The College Board provides your information to each college, and each college does what it does with it. Colleges set their own rules about how they count your home, how they set allowances, and what they include. So trying to work out a formula at the outset isn’t a useful exercise. Providing accurate answers is.

Use the Net Price Calculator First

Swami: The other thing you can do early in the process is use each college’s net price calculator. Every college in the United States has one. Search for the college’s name and “net price calculator,” or look the college up on Soar, our platform, and you’ll see the link. Answering all the questions there will give you a pretty decent idea of how much that college will cost you. Do that before you apply, and then wait for your financial aid offer.

Audience question: Should I use the net price calculator from Soar, or directly from the college’s website?

Swami: From each college’s website. On Soar, go to Find a College and open the finances section. If you add the college to your list, you’ll see a link to its net price calculator. Each college has its own. You can also find it by simply searching, for example, “University of Montana net price calculator” or “University of Texas at Austin net price calculator.” Every college has one. They’re required by law to have one.

From “What You Can Pay” to Your Aid

Swami: Claire, we should talk about this a little, because it comes up a lot. There are many categories of colleges, based on how they use this information.

Some colleges, especially the most selective private universities in the country, like Harvard, Stanford, and MIT, don’t offer merit aid at all as a matter of policy. They don’t offer any aid based on the student’s accomplishments, period. They use the CSS Profile and the FAFSA to decide what they believe your family can pay, and that’s what you’ll pay, or the college’s cost, if that’s smaller.

Second, many of those same colleges, and some others, have a policy of meeting 100% of need. If there’s a difference between the college’s cost of attendance and what the formula says you can afford, they make up the entire difference. That’s what 100% of need means.

Some colleges go further and say they’ll meet 100% of need with no loans. That difference is made up entirely with grants the student never has to repay.

Claire: And it’s important to know that these colleges are not the majority. Many colleges don’t do any of this. So again, it’s important to look college by college and not assume.

Swami: Right. Most colleges offer merit aid, so most don’t fall into the first category. And most colleges won’t meet 100% of need. If there’s a gap between the cost of attendance and what the formula shows, they won’t make it all up, so don’t take it for granted. If they make up some portion of it, they may, and probably will, use student loans for some of it.

Claire: And that can be confusing. You have to repay a loan, so it’s not really assistance in the same way a grant is.

The Income Lines Vary Widely

Swami: Because some of these colleges are so expensive, and they want to be more affordable to middle-class families, they’ve gone above and beyond what they used to do. They offer free tuition, or completely free college, to families who make significantly more than the federal poverty line.

For example, some colleges say that if your family makes up to $150,000 a year, tuition is free. Or if you make up to $100,000 a year, college is entirely free. And colleges have different policies on whether loans are included in aid.

So check all of that. When colleges announce these policies, they assume “typical assets.” They’re assuming that a family making $200,000 a year typically has a certain amount of assets. But they don’t tell you what that is, and there’s no way to know. So please fill out the CSS Profile and the FAFSA, because that’s the only way to know for sure whether you qualify.

The consistent advice is: use the net price calculator at the beginning, and fill out these forms at the end, because there’s no other way to know for sure.

Claire: And even this chart says “most families.” There are different circumstances that will change that, and there’s no way to guess whether yours is one of them. So it’s better to put in all the information, submit, and get the results from each college.

Two Families, Two Different Answers

Swami: These answers can vary very widely. I have two categories here: lower-income families, and middle- and upper-income families. There’s a third category not shown here, very wealthy families. They can simply write a check for college, so they don’t need this financial aid information.

Lower-income families will often find that if their student can get into a very selective college that meets full need, it can cost less than their own in-state public university. Claire and I were talking earlier about a student who went to Grinnell and had everything paid for, including flights from California to Iowa and back. Even $1,000 would have been too much for that family. The UCs and Cal States couldn’t possibly offer that much help. So for very high-achieving students from very low-income families, that can be true.

For most middle- and upper-income families, it’s important to understand that many selective colleges don’t offer significant merit aid. Or if they do, they don’t offer it to families or students like you. So do your homework first: how much merit aid can I get? The formula may also say you can pay more than you’re willing or able to spend.

Claire, you and I have this conversation so often with families. Check before you apply. Do your homework first.

Claire: Yes. “I’m going to apply to Princeton and then we’ll see how much it costs” can be frustrating. Each school has its net price calculator, so parents can put in their financial information and get that number before applications, and make that decision before a student applies. Unfortunately, they have to get it from each college, so it’s a bit of work.

Swami: Yes. Look at the net price calculator and the merit aid policies, and get a sense of whether this kind of college will offer aid to a student like you. Then make an honest estimate: this college will cost me $50,000 a year, or $70,000, or $85,000, or $100,000, before you apply.

It’s very frustrating for a student to apply to a very selective school, get in, and then hear from mom and dad, “That’s great. Congratulations, you got into Yale, but we can’t afford for you to go,” when it was possible to know all along that Yale was out of reach.

Start With the Student’s College Board Account

Swami: So what information do you need for the CSS Profile? This is the third time I’m saying it: get it right the first time, because you get one correction. People ask these questions later when they could have asked them sooner.

First, start with the student’s College Board account. If the student has taken the SAT or PSAT, used AP Classroom, or taken an AP exam, they have one. Use that sign-in. Please don’t create a separate account for the CSS Profile. It messes things up. If the student has never taken the SAT or an AP exam, for example if they took the ACT instead, then you’ll have to create a College Board account. But don’t have two. The systems will get confused.

The custodial parent fills in all the parent sections on the student’s account. Then, if any of the student’s colleges require it, the student sends an invitation to the noncustodial parent. That parent creates a separate account with their own information.

I believe, although we can’t verify this on the College Board’s website, that the College Board doesn’t share the noncustodial parent’s information with the custodial parent, or the other way around. Each parent files their own information, and the colleges do what they do with it.

Claire: I just added links in the chat about noncustodial parents, the waiver request, and the College Board’s guide for parents.

What You’ll Need

Swami: You’ll need your tax returns and records of untaxed income. That’s any income you didn’t pay taxes on, or weren’t required to pay taxes on. It doesn’t matter which. It’s all untaxed income, and you have to report all of it. You’ll need cash, savings, and investment balances.

Plus, you’ll have to estimate the value of your home and the mortgage against it. You’ll have to estimate the value of any business or farm and its assets. You can also add medical costs and private school tuition. And you’ll need the noncustodial parent’s contact information.

When Should You File?

Swami: Each college sets its own CSS Profile deadline. Occasionally it can differ from the college’s FAFSA deadline. That’s pretty unusual, but it’s possible, so check each college’s website for its financial aid deadline.

Many colleges have what they call priority deadlines. They have a limited amount of aid money to give, and if you meet the priority deadline, you have the best chance of getting it. So if there’s a priority deadline, try to meet it.

Early decision and early action applicants often face earlier aid deadlines. Colleges want to tell you, when they admit you, “You’re admitted, and here’s how much aid you’ll get.” That’s especially true for early decision, so you can assess your choices when you have to decide right away.

Start with the earliest deadline, and give yourself time to get it right. It doesn’t take that long. You can do it in two or three days, as long as you can put your documents together quickly.

Estimating Your Home’s Value

Audience question: How should someone decide what value to put down for their home?

Swami: Good question. There are different ways, and we can’t give you financial advice. You can go to Zillow, type in your address, and it will give you an estimate of what your house might be worth. Many people think that value is high. You could hire an appraiser, but very few people do. Or you can use your property tax assessment as a basis. Depending on your state and how property values are assessed, that can be higher or lower than market value.

You can also do the work a real estate agent would do: look at comparable sales and the price per square foot in your neighborhood. If houses in your neighborhood sell for a certain amount per square foot, multiply that by your square footage.

But again, we’re not financial advisors, and we can’t tell you how to value your house. We can say it doesn’t have to be the highest or the lowest value. It should be a value you feel you can justify.

When Parents Are Divorced or Separated

Swami: Many colleges that require the CSS Profile will ask for the noncustodial parent’s too. It’s a separate application, and the student details must match on both. As I said, the student and the custodial parent file using the student’s College Board account, and the noncustodial parent creates their own.

Noncustodial Parent Waivers

Swami: It’s possible to ask for a waiver, but it’s quite difficult to get one. A waiver request basically says, “I don’t want my noncustodial parent to file this information.” There’s a form, and Claire can share it. You fill it out and send it to each college, and each college decides whether to grant the waiver.

It’s very difficult to get unless the student has never had contact or support from that parent, ever. That means the parent hasn’t been involved and hasn’t provided a dollar of support. Or there’s a legal order that limits the parent’s contact, or there’s a situation involving abuse.

What doesn’t count are things like the parent refusing to fill out the CSS Profile, or a divorce decree saying that parent isn’t responsible for college costs. From the colleges’ perspective, those are too easy to game. Parents could agree that the wealthier parent won’t pay for college. Colleges just don’t accept that, even when it’s true, which makes it a tough situation for some students. We’ve had students in exactly that situation, where the other parent simply refuses to fill it out.

In that situation, talk to each college’s financial aid office and explain the circumstances. They may grant the waiver.

If Your Finances Have Changed

Swami: This question also comes up a lot. What happens if a parent loses their job, or someone gets seriously ill and there are unexpected expenses?

On the form, you can describe your special circumstances. It’s very important to know how to do this. First and foremost, be factual. Say exactly what changed and when. Be precise with the dollar amounts.

These things can be very emotional for the family. A family member got seriously ill, and medical expenses mounted. Those are emotional circumstances, but colleges don’t need to know your emotional circumstances. It sounds harsh when I say it that way. What they want to know is the financial impact, not the personal impact.

When you ask the college to consider this, the correct phrase is “professional judgment.” You’re asking for their professional judgment in determining your financial aid. That’s the term they’ll understand. Professional judgment means you want them to consider these circumstances and adjust your Student Aid Index, or whatever else they need to adjust, to award more aid. They have to follow rules when they do that. They can’t act on sympathy for your situation. That’s why it’s called professional judgment.

IDOC Verification

Swami: What happens after you file? The CSS Profile goes to all your colleges. For many families, it will be followed by something called IDOC. Colleges will say, “We need you to verify this,” and you’ll provide that verification through IDOC.

IDOC is the College Board’s document service. It’s a secure service where you upload documents like tax returns and bank statements, and the colleges can see them. That way you’re not sending your tax return to 20 colleges, which would be messy.

Rule number one about IDOC: please don’t create an IDOC account today. Don’t create one unless and until a college specifically asks you to provide information through IDOC. File the form, and if they ask, then provide the information. If they don’t ask, don’t start that process. It messes things up.

Second, when they ask, provide exactly the information they asked for, no less and no more. If they say, “We want your 2025 Form 1040,” provide your 2025 Form 1040. Don’t provide more, and don’t provide less. And provide it on time. If they say they need it in a week, provide it in a week, because they won’t do anything with your financial aid application until they have everything they need.

Claire: I’m going to put a link to that in the chat, but just to repeat what you said: don’t click on it and start filling it out now.

Swami: Please don’t start uploading documents. It’s just for future reference. Don’t upload documents to IDOC unless a college specifically asks for them, and then follow the instructions precisely.

What Happens Next

Swami: Colleges combine your CSS Profile with your FAFSA and any forms of their own. They’ll send you an aid offer, sometimes with your admission decision and sometimes after it. In the spring, we’ll talk about comparing offers and making a wise financial decision.

If something is wrong after you file, you get one correction. If something changes, contact each college’s financial aid office. Say you file the CSS Profile, and in January a parent loses their job or some other financial circumstance changes. Reach out to each financial aid office, one by one, to make sure they have accurate information.

Since it’s the student applying to college, many financial aid offices will want the student on the call. If you call as a parent and say, “My child applied to your college and we need to update this information,” they’ll say, “We need your student’s permission to talk to you.” So as far as possible, bring the student on the call and do it together.

File a New CSS Profile Every Year

Swami: Finally, you have to file a new CSS Profile every year your student is in college. It isn’t one and done. If you got aid this year, there’s no guarantee you’ll get it next year. As with the FAFSA, you file every year, and renewal deadlines can differ from freshman deadlines, so be mindful of that.

Claire: People forget this all the time. Kids in college aren’t thinking about college admissions anymore, but you have to file these forms every year your student is in college.

Questions

Audience question: Will my FAFSA result tell me what a CSS Profile college will charge?

Swami: No, not at all. The FAFSA is a federal form, and if you’re a U.S. student, you send it to every college you apply to. The CSS Profile is used only by certain colleges, and only for certain categories of students. Both forms ask about your finances, but they don’t share any information with each other.

Audience question: One of my colleges isn’t on the participating list. Do I need to file the CSS Profile for it?

Swami: Not for that college. If it’s not on the list, the college doesn’t need it. You only send the CSS Profile to colleges on the participating list.

Closing

Swami: If you have questions, please ask. Our next presentation will be on scholarships and merit aid, which works quite differently. We’d also love to know whether you found this useful. If you didn’t, tell us what wasn’t useful. We want to provide meaningful information.

Claire: I’ll add help@lifelaunchr.com to the chat in case anyone wants to contact us directly.

Swami: Claire and I really appreciate your taking the time to be here today. And Claire, happy Diwali to you too.

Claire: Thank you. Same to you. People are giving thumbs up and saying thank you.

Swami: Thank you so much, everyone. We’ll see you soon.

Resources

• CSS Profile participating institutions: Which colleges and programs require the CSS Profile, and for which applicants.
• CSS Profile guide for parents: Which account to use, noncustodial parents, and common questions.
• Screen-by-screen CSS Profile overview: A walkthrough of each section of the form.
• CSS Profile for international applicants: How international students use the CSS Profile.
• CSS Profile fees and fee waivers: Who files for free.
• What is Institutional Methodology? (College Board): How the College Board’s formula works, and how colleges can adjust it.
• IDOC: The College Board’s document upload service. Use it only when a college asks.
• Princeton Financial Aid Application: An example of a college that uses its own form instead of the CSS Profile.
• Georgia Tech financial aid forms and deadlines: An example of a college that requires its own form in addition to the CSS Profile.
• Our FAFSA webinar: Your Guide to the 2027-28 FAFSA: Part one of this series, on how the financial aid system works.

The Appendix

Download the appendix (PDF)

The PDF includes the full slide deck and an appendix with a complete document checklist, fee and fee waiver details, how to request a noncustodial parent waiver, and links to College Board and college resources.

Questions about the CSS Profile or your student’s college list? Email us at help@lifelaunchr.com or book a free consultation at lifelaunchr.com.