Welcome back everyone to our third episode 
of Cooking Up Financial Aid with Steve Dwyer
The financial aid king,
Formally known as 
the FAFSA King. Today we 
are going to be talking about
Filing the FAFSA form
The Free Application for 
Federal Student Aid, in comfort
While making this comfort food:
A mug chocolate lava cake.
Step 1: Let's add our flour
A quarter cup of flour
2 tablespoons
Of cocoa powder
Now we're gonna add half a teaspoon
Of our baking powder
A quarter cup of our sugar
Knowing me in college,
I never had sugar, but
I have these great sugar packets
So we're gonna just unhand them 
For my coffee, 
So I'm just gonna start entering them
And putting them in here
It may take you a little while
Now the first step in filing your
FAFSA form
Would be
Creating what they call an 
FSA user ID and password.
The student is gonna need an
FSA user ID and password
And so will a parent.
By using your FSA user ID and password
To sign your FAFSA form
It makes it a much quicker
And faster process
Just like using real sugar
As opposed to these sugar packets.
Now that we've measured out
All of our sugar
And you've created your FSA
User ID and password,
Next is to pour the sugar in
Just like
You're going to need to collect
All the appropriate
Tax forms to file the FAFSA form.
Now you mix up the dry mixture 
Making sure to make it well blended.
The next step in the process 
Is to add 3 tablespoons of milk.
Add 1 egg
Then 1/2 teaspoon
Of vanilla extract. Now mix
It all together to make sure
you get a smooth consistency
All at the bottom of the mug.
The next step now in the process
Would be opening up your
Chocolate chips
And putting a few in as we go
[struggles to open chocolate chips]
You know as we mix in the
Chocolate chips,
The next step in the process
Would be putting the student's 
income and asset information
As well as the parent income
and asset information
In the FAFSA form.
And just make sure your chocolate
Chips are well blended in.
Step 5 is now adding a tablespoon
Of water
On top of the mixture
Make sure this
Does not get blended in.
Now that you added your water
To the top of the mixture,
It's time to put it in the microwave
For two minutes
Just like it's time to
Sign the FAFSA form
The parent and the student need to sign the FAFSA form.
[ominous flashback music]
[Steve transports back to 1985,
Making his coffee.]
[80's rock music plays in background]
[violent flashbacks]
Sugar packets
Sugar packets
Sugar packets...
*Singing* Pour some sugar 
On me
In the name of love!
[microwave dings]
So, it looks like it's going
Over a little bit, but
You know, it's comfort food, it's
More about how it tastes
And not really how it looks.
We have
Taken it out of the microwave.
Now it's time to let it sit
For like 5 minutes to let it
Cool down and set up.
Just like now
After you've submitted the FAFSA form,
It's time to complete your
State grant application. 
There is a link 
On that confirmation page that
You get from the FAFSA form
To go over to your state application
And complete it.
So now it's time to plate this
On the spoonula.
Just like a spoonula, 
Your college education can take you anywhere.
[gross sounds]
[fails]
Now that you've submitted the
FAFSA form and your state application,
The school should receive this information
In about 2 to 3 days.
Now, for the final step
Is to see how this tastes.
Mmm, the cake is done
Nice and rich
The chocolate chips add
A little, uh, a little molten
Texture to this
Very good.
So now that we've made the nice
Molten lava cake
If you do wanna save time,
You can buy one of these 
Pre-made mixtures
To do that. Just like in
The FAFSA form
You can use what's called the
IRS Data Retrieval
And it'll import all your 
tax information. It will
Save you time and energy.
Thanks again for tuning in.
This is Steve Dwyer,
The financial aid king. See
you next time!
