Do FAFSA corrections propagate to colleges automatically?

Paying for College
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<p>Alright, here's the question. I just got a notice from the Federal Financial Aid office that my FAFSA had been corrected because of updated federal information. This change isn't from a college -- it's the result of one federal agency finally letting the FAFSA folks know I'm eligible for aid. I had send the FAFSA out to about 8 or 9 local colleges because of the deadlines for financial aid information, even though I'm still deciding what I'll be doing next. (I'm returning to college, but I'm not sure where, but many of them had June 1 deadlines for Fall aid, even if they will accept me late.)</p>

<p>Anyway, since the FAFSA was updated by the Feds, will they send out updated an updated SAR to the schools I send it to originally, or should I do a correction resubmission myself?</p>

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<p>If anything has changed that will make your EFC lower, I would recommend that you re-submit. The people over at FAFSA are pretty bad; I wouldn't count on them for anything important to you.</p>

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<p>No, my EFC can't go any lower. The change was just from "not eligible for Federal aid" to "eligible for Federal aid".</p>