After you submit your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, you ll get a Student Aid Report that summarizes the information you provided on your application. 
Review your Student Aid Report carefully to make sure it s correct and complete. Your Student Aid Report SAR is a paper or electronic document that gives you some basic information about your eligibility for federal student aid as well as listing your answers to the FAFSAquestions. 

How and when will I get my SAR? 
Whether you receive your SAR online or on paper depends on whether you provide an email address on your FAFSA form. If you provide a valid email address , you ll receive an email from noreply@FAFSA.gov with instructions on how to access an online copy of your SAR. If you don't provide a valid email address on your FAFSA form , you will receive either a SAR or a SAR Acknowledgement via postal mail. The SAR lists your FAFSA information and provides space for you to make corrections. You will receive a paper SAR if you file a paper FAFSA form and don t provide an email address. The SAR Acknowledgement lists your FAFSA information, but you ll need to make any corrections at fafsa.gov. You ll receive a SAR Acknowledgement if you file an electronic FAFSA form and don t provide an email address. If you have an FSA ID username and password and your FAFSA information has been processed , you can log in at fafsa.gov to view SAR information regardless of whether you filled out the FAFSA form online, on the myStudentAid app, or on a FAFSA PDF or whether you provided an email address or not. you list on your FAFSA form The school will have access to your SAR data electronically within a day after it is processed. Here s a summary of what you ll receive, and how soon after filing your FAFSA form, based on what type of FAFSA form you file. * The time frames in this table indicate how long it takes for the SAR to arrive after the FAFSA form is submitted. View accessible version of table 

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user: What happens after I submit my FAFSA form?

assistant: You receive a Student Aid Report, which is a summary of the information that you gave in the application. You should review this and ensure that it is correct and completed in full

user: What is my Student Aid Report (SAR)?

assistant: This report gives information about your eligibility for student aid. It also goves answers to any FAFSA questions that you may have

user: What exactly do I have to do with my SAR?

assistant: Have you received your SAR after submitting your application?

user: Yes, I just recently received this report

assistant: You need to review this carefully and ensure that it is correct and complete. The school that is listed on the FAFSA form will decide your eligibility for federal and possibly non federal financial aid

user: How long does it take to get a SAR and how do I receive it?

assistant: You can log in at fafsa.gov to view any SAR information. This is regardless of whether you filled out the FAFSA form online, on the myStudentAid app or on a FAFSA PDF or whether you provided an email address or not

user: What information is listed on my SAR?

assistant: All of your FAFSA information is listed along with spaces provided for you to make corrections. You will receive a paper form of your SAR if you filed a paper FAFSA form and didn't provide an email address