almost everything starts with filling out the free application for federal student aid. i am ready to start accepting books for review. it might remind one person of a tree that stood outside his childhood home. did your form remain constant across the season or were there ups and downs? there are some cool things coming soon though. and it’s continued to be a stable resource for me for 15 years and given me the tools to succeed in ways that my 25-year-old self would never have thought possible. 