<p>I am a high school teacher who has a couple of students that have been asked to verify their FAFSA, even though they have not gotten their acceptance yet. Does the fact that they are asking for FAFSA verification mean they got in?</p>
<p>It varies by school.
At some schools, generally those with huge numbers of applications, the Fin Aid and Admission departments don’t have time to coordinate.
At other schools, generally the privates, the admission department will forward the file of an admitted student to the Fin Aid, which then triggers the verification request.</p>
<p>ive read that the federal govt is requiring that 30% of fafsas be verified…some are chosen by the fed govt and others can be chosen by the college. some are chosen to be verified for good reason and others are random. so, i wouldn’t read too much into a fafsa request for verif.</p>
<p>the answer is no- it does not mean they got in.</p>
<p>I have also seen the 30% figure for FAFSA verification, but it would make sense to me that it would be 30% of admitted students not of all students who applied. For select colleges that admit less than 30% of their applicants, the school would be verifying more FAFSAs than students admitted.</p>
<p>@evlanton- you are correct, for large colleges that intake tens of thousands of apps it would be BRUTAL to verif 30% of say 35k apps! the finaid staff would have to be massive. i wonder if there’s ways around that to make it more feasible. for example holding off on requesing the verifs until closer to the decision release date. that way the college technically requests verifs for 30% off its fafsas to satisfy federal regs. however, only a fraction (admits) will follow through and pull through with the verif…denied applicants would just fall away…compliance & efficiency…just a guess</p>
<p>I was asked for verification from Wheaton but not from Kenyon or Grinnell. Do you think this means I’ve been rejected? I have a feeling it does.</p>
<p>I received several e-mails from Brandeis asking me to clarify all sorts of info…</p>
<p>The expert on FAFSA verification is kelsmom who often posts in the Financial Aid Forum. Until recently, she was a financial aid officer at a large public university. If you send her a PM, she should be able to answer your questions about this.</p>