CSS Profile for International Students

Hey all,

I just had a few questions about the CSS profile as I am an international student and not a US citizen. First of all, I want to ask if setting the currency to some currency other than USD matters or not. I read from some websites online that colleges are less likely to give scholarships if your currency is in some form of foreign currency. Is there any sort of automatic currency exchanger for the CSS profile?

Another question I have is about my parents’ interest income.
I got this warning when I was on the data check stage.

WARNING: You reported that the parent has tax-exempt interest income, but did not provide an investment value. Please review the amounts reported and update if necessary. Click Parent Assets to update this information.

I stated that my parents had tax-exempt interest income from their savings account (which is not part of their investments) and the CSS profile is asking me to input an investment value (there is a separate section for savings account value).

I’m really confused about these two problems.