Hi everyone,
I just got a personal email from a financial aid counselor from northeastern asking for some document to process my financial aid application. Does this maybe mean I got in? I’m surprised because I appliee regular decision so I would think she would be busy with EA applicants, no?
They process them continually. If they waited to know who gets in, no one would have an aid package ready on time.
Send the information that is requested so that they can process the application, and if you do get in, the numbers will be ready.
I’m sure there is some variation depending on the college. I have a friend who worked on financial aid. She said…they processed applications up to a certain point and then completed them IF the student was accepted.
They sent out notifications if there was missing information and/or posted that on the student portals. A request for additional information did not mean a student was accepted. It meant that their financial aid application was either incomplete, or could not be correctly processed without additional information.
What did the school ask you for?
Proof of citizenship lol
Yes…they would need that. It makes a difference in terms of your eligibility for U.S. federally funded aid…plus some schools have limited funding for those who are not citizens or permanent residents.
Yes, the FA office is required to verify your citizenship if they have a reason to question your status. If your status isn’t correct at the SSA, the file is flagged.
Some schools will continue to process your application if you send them a copy of your naturalization papers or passport, but they have to see the original before the award any federal funds. If it is just a mistake and you were born in the US, a birth certificate should work to get things moving again.
And that proof thing isn’t at all uncommon, my US born, US citizen kid had to prove that for admission to our state school with no FA application. He had some elementary school education overseas and non citizen (PR) parents at the time. That was enough to trigger that verification.
Why did he have to be a citizen if he wasn’t getting FA? Does the school not admit international students?
Scholarships, instate rates, regents, all required verification of citizenship and state residency. We didn't bother with fafsa becuase it was pointless. The school certainly took international money, but at full OOS rates etc.