How To Get Student Aid Report (SAR)

The following instructions may help you obtain your SAR report from the FAFSA website.

Step 1

Open the FAFSA website at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Under the third heading titled "FAFSA Follow-up," click on the last bullet point labeled "View and Print Your Student Aid Report."

Step 2

Choose to view the 2010-2011 School Year from the drop-down box labeled "Select." Click on the "Next" button.

Step 3

Enter your personal information and PIN number. Click on the "Submit" button.

Step 4

If the next webpage looks like the example below, click on the highest number listed under the category titled "Transaction Number" (i.e. 01, 02, 03 - the highest number would be 03).

If the next webpage does not look like the example below, move on to Step 5.

Step 5

Click on the last menu option on the left side of the webpage titled "Print Summary."

Step 6

You may view and print your SAR in two different ways. Further instruction is available in the sections titled Option 1 and Option 2 below.

To learn how to save your SAR as an electronic document, see Option 2 below.

Option 1

Once you click on the wording "SAR (HTML version)," a pop-up window will appear.

To view your SAR - maximize the window.

To print your SAR - click on the wording "Print This Page."
You can then mail it to our office at:

Community Foundation Scholarship Program
111 West Downer Place, Suite 312
Aurora, Illinois 60506-6106 .

Option 2

Once you click on the wording "SAR (PDF version)," a pop-up window will appear.

To view your SAR - maximize the window.

To print your SAR - click on the printer icon. (see Example 6-1 below)
You can then mail it to our office at:

Community Foundation Scholarship Program
111 West Downer Place, Suite 312
Aurora, Illinois 60506-6106

To save your SAR - click on the floppy disk icon. (see Example 6-2 below)
Chose a document name and location that you will remember. (see Example 6-3 below)
You can then attach the document to an email and send it to our office at sch@communityfoundationfrv.org.

Example 6-1

Example 6-2

Example 6-3

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