Does this e-mail mean anything good/bad?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>Hi CC!</p>

<p>I got an e-mail from the PFA office recently after applying SCEA with this body: </p>

<p>"We received your 2015-16 Princeton Financial Aid Application, however, we have not yet received a copy of your parents’ 2013 tax return and W-2 Statements. </p>

<p>Please fax (609-258-0336) or email (<a href="mailto:pfaa@princeton.edu">pfaa@princeton.edu</a>) a copy of these forms to our office as soon as possible."</p>

<p>I googled it and it didn't turn up any results, which I guess could suggest it was non-automated. Also, the application never specified sending these docs in, if I recall correctly. It's sent from the official financial aid e-mail address as well, so I doubt it's fraudulent or anything. I know people have posted in the past about e-mails for missing PFAA's, which I submitted ahead of the Nov. 15th deadline. My parents and I have never heard of a school asking for these specific documents before admissions decisions came out, though. However, I found this online and assume it's something sent with the admissions decision: <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/1314/S1040.pdf"&gt;https://www.princeton.edu/pr/aid/pdf/1314/S1040.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Has anyone else received this e-mail? Is this just a step that I neglected to notice or could this possibly mean something good? </p>

<p>Thanks,
Yet Another Anxious SCEA Applicant</p>

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<p>Several of us got this. You should fax or email them the tax forms.</p>

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<p>@18Dylan18‌ Okay, good to know, I appreciate the heads-up. I just found that link online and got a bit overzealous! Good luck! </p>

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<p><a href=“http://admission.princeton.edu/financialaid/apply-financial-aid”>http://admission.princeton.edu/financialaid/apply-financial-aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Princeton made it very clear that the tax forms are part of your application, so I wouldn’t take the email as an omen. That being said, did any international applicants who neglected to submit the tax forms receive the same email? I didn’t receive one even though mine was missing. </p>