<p>I was wondering if colleges only will review your financial aid documents FAFSA, CSS profile ect, only for the admit pile, or do they review for all applicants regardless? I received a letter from Bryn Mawr college today that said:</p>
<p>We are currently reviewing financial aid applications for all Class of 2015 admissions candidates. In reviewing your application we found that the federal processor rejected your original FAFSA or subsequent corrections you submitted........ (I just corrected my fafsa so they will receive new version)</p>
<p>(then at the end it said)</p>
<p>We will not be able to enclose financial aid awards with admissions decisions for students who have not submitted all required forms by March 1st, 2011. </p>
<p>(Could they have sent me this letter, becuase I could possibly be in the "admitted" pile, even though they can't officially release those decisions yet? Would they have sent this kind of letter to alll applicants if they had the same FAFSA problem once they reivewed it, or do they only look at the FAFSA once you've been in the admit pile? I would think personally, they would only look at financial aid documents if you are in the admit pile, becuase other wise, what would be the point?)</p>
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This is the truth. They need to process financial aid while decisions are being made, to get it out in time. You could have a full financial aid letter from a school head to the trash because you didn’t get in, hypothetically.</p>
<p>But why would they review financial information if they don’t know whether or not you are going to be accepted or not? How can they decide how much aid to give you if you are going to be rejected anyway? Isn’t that pointless?</p>
<p>Well, think of it this way. Colleges may know the exact list of accepted students one week before sending letters. That’s not enough time to make financial aid assessments for every one of them. They have to do it along with admissions. Now, maybe early rejects get put in the database as so, but plenty of rejected students will have their financial aid calculated, so those letters will be done in time to get sent out with the acceptance letters (as there’s generally just a month to decide for students).</p>
<p>okay so this letter, does not mean that I am necessarily in the admit pile right? (Bryn Mawr is also need-sensitive)</p>
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<p>You are correct that you aren’t necessarily in the admit pile. That said, you might want to send them an email to let them know that you’ve updated/corrected your FAFSA.</p>
<p>Be glad if the colleges you apply to are need sensitive. That way you don’t end up in an admit-deny situation where you are admitted academically, but denied aid. Too many students go out on limbs financially in order to attend colleges/universities that are unaffordable for their families.</p>