interventions that simplify t thefa fsa have had meaningful outcomes. my work with eric and lisa, we found that streamlining and providing stance with the faf srsa had a substantial positive impact on the likelihood aid application and enrolling in college and three years after that intervention, helping students with the fa fsa, we found that students were still persisting in college and persisting a at higher levels and had hire education attainment than their counterparts who did not have help. r in other words, they were able to succeed in college even though the barrier of the process would have kept them out of school i want to acknowledge there have been improvements to the fa fsa in e recent years and they have been amazing, but while these steps have been important, the efforts do not full lly address the needs of many students. in a study i complete d with erc and monica lee, in which we conducted a randomized control trial with 50,000 students in 2017, we found students still lack access, awareness of where does the financial aid eligibility,