<p>I received an email from Columbia's financial aid office today that stated my "financial aid award" for the 2011 - 12 academic year (which is strange because I'm still a freshman applicant...). It went on to list really specific numbers about my parents' financial contribution as if I was already attending the school. Columbia sent out another email a couple hours later saying that the prior email was an "erroneous email...sent in error, so please disregard. Our sincere apologies for any confusion our mistake has caused." The email then went on to remind me of financial aid deadlines, blah blah blah...I haven't seen anything on CC about people who received similar emails so I was just wondering if this happened to anyone else?</p>
<p>Sounds to me like you or your parents filled out the 2011/2012 FAFSA instead of the 2012/2013 FAFSA. Go back to your account and DOUBLE CHECK YOUR FORM!!!</p>