CSS/Profile
The CSS/Profile (College Scholarship Service Profile) is a secondary financial aid form required by some colleges and collects family information not contained on the
FAFSA, thus giving participating colleges an additional and closer look into a family’s financial background. There is a fee for the CSS/Profile and the form changes every year. Colleges using the CSS/Profile also run the
Institutional Methodology for use in allocating institutional financial aid.
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