Editorial and Fact-Check Policy

FAFSA Easy Guide exists to make federal student aid understandable. This page explains how we research, write, and check our guides so you can trust what you read here.

We start from primary sources

Every guide is built from official sources first, especially StudentAid.gov and the Federal Student Aid Knowledge Center. When we state a number, like the maximum Pell Grant, a loan cap, or a deadline, it comes from the official source for the stated award year, not from another website.

We fact-check the figures

Financial aid figures change from year to year. We review the dollar amounts, rates, and dates in our guides against the current official source and update them when the rules change. Where a figure is tied to a specific award year, we say which year it applies to.

We write in plain English

We aim for a sixth-grade reading level. We avoid jargon, and when a technical term is unavoidable, like the Student Aid Index or a contributor, we define it in plain words.

We are independent

We are not a financial aid office, a lender, a financial advisor, or the U.S. Department of Education. We do not sell financial products. Our guides are educational and are not a substitute for advice from your school's financial aid office.

We correct mistakes

If you spot an error, email hello@theeasyguides.com. We check every report against the primary source and fix confirmed mistakes promptly.