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Ocelot's Compliance Committee conducts regular reviews and updates to ensure the video library content remains current and accurate. Below is a list of the video library content that Ocelot plans to update as a result of FAFSA Simplification.


To help you navigate the updates we have broken it down into the following sections:


The FAFSA tutorial videos will be updated once the 2024-2025 FAFSA has been released in December 2023.


Completed Videos

  • FAFSA Simplification Overview
  • Understanding the Student Aid Index (SAI)
  • What is the Direct Data Exchange?
  • What is Cost of Attendance?
  • What is the Pell Enrollment Intensity?
  • Financial Aid and Choosing a College

Videos to be updated

  • Can I receive a Pell Grant if I go to school year-round?
  • Do I have to reapply for financial aid each year?
  • How do I transfer my tax information to the FAFSA?
  • I submitted my FAFSA over 4 weeks ago, but haven't received my Student Aid Report (SAR). What should I do?
  • If parents are divorced, whose financial information should be reported on the FAFSA?
  • Student Aid Report (SAR)
  • Student Aid Report (SAR) - Rejected FAFSA Comments 
  • Student Aid Report (SAR) - Summary Comments
  • Verification - Completing your Household Size Form
  • Verifying Income when Filing a Federal Tax Return Extension
  • What are the advantages to using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool when filing my FAFSA?
  • What can I do if I've lost my tax return information?
  • What does the term EFC stand for?
  • What is a Financial Aid Overaward?
  • What is an FSEOG?
  • What is the difference between a dependent and an independent student?
  • What is the IRS Data Retrieval Tool?
  • What tax and income information do I need to complete my FAFSA?
  • When will I be able to retrieve my tax information using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool?
  • Will everyone be able to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool when filing the FAFSA?
  • What is the College Financing Plan?
  • What is the Net Price Calculator?
  • What is a Pell Grant?
  • What is the Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship?