If we get contacted by the fin aid office within a couple of weeks of admissions decisions coming out does that basically mean we’ve been accepted? Or does the fin aid office just process everything MUCH later? I got a letter from swarthmore about this, just wondering because if I get in I want to visit the first week of april… Anyone got a letter like this that close to decisions and didn’t get in (especially at a smaller college)? Anyone get it and did get in? Thanks!
<p>If they're contacting you about missing documents, it mostly just means they're missing documents. In many schools, the FA office is entirely separate from the admissions process.</p>
<p>I never actually applied for fin aid, that's the weird part. They just got confused I guess or I possibly checked the wrong box on the supplement. But I'm 99% sure that wasn't the case. Yeah, I don't really think it means anything but I'd REALLY like to believe that it does.</p>
<p>Hate to burse your bubbles, I know 3 out of 3 people contacted by finaid, and were later rejected by adcom. They are separate offices.</p>
<p>On the fin aid board a fin aid office from MIT explains that the admissions office lets them know who's likely and then they prepare pachages, so I'd say it's a good sign.</p>
<p>I read the same thing on a Harvard thread, zagat. I just received an e-mail from VaTech's FA office. I filled out a FAFSA, but they didn't say anything was missing, only that my application had been received and that I did not need to respond to the e-mail. They also stated when award notices would be mailed and that I should regularly check both my Virginia Tech e-mail account and my e-mail account I used for the FAFSA app. I'm hoping it's a good sign too. Can't imagine why they would go through all the trouble on each and every FAFSA app if they weren't at least considering accepting you. I'm waiting for a decision within the next 2 weeks also. BTW, I don't think it really makes a difference whether it's a small college or large. A lot of the colleges probably use the same system for processing acceptees. We can only hope...:)</p>