Important financial aid deadlines

Applying to college is all about meeting deadlines: for essays, for recommendations, for application submissions. It's obviously important to keep track of those deadlines, but there’s a whole other set of due dates that’s every bit as time-sensitive, but doesn’t get nearly as much publicity. That would be the timeline for locking down your financial aid, so you can actually pay for that college you burned the midnight oil to get into.

Let's face it. It isn't easy to get a clear picture of the due dates you need to know when applying for financial aid. But this video can help you bring it all into focus.