I was accepted as a transfer student to UCSB but accidentally left them off my list of schools on FAFSA, which was submitted to other schools well before the 3/2 deadline. I qualify for the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan and my EFC is zero. Is it likely that I’ll have to pay for UCSB’s tuition out of pocket if I decide to enroll? I made the correction to my FAFSA and added UCSB two days ago. As of today, my FAFSA is marked as received in my UCSB portal.
I read somewhere that schools often go by the date your FAFSA is submitted, not the date the correction is made. Does anyone know if this is true? Most of the financial aid packages haven’t been finished/released yet- isn’t it counterproductive to distribute funding early before students have been officially accepted?