Early desicion and the FAFSA??!

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<p>So I am applying ED (which is a binding option) to Whitman College. I've finished my app and the CSS and submitted it. I used LAST years tax figures on the CSS.
But they want me to submit a FAFSA by January 5th.</p>

<p>Would I use last years figures on that as well?
My parents are self employeed, they don't recieve W-2 forms so I told my dad we should be able to ACCURATELY fill out that fafsa by January 5th with the real numbers and he got into an argument with me. He insists that I will just have to estimate numbers and adjust them in late febuary when he does his tax returns. Is that even possible on the fafsa? I thought that they ask for specific numbers from certain lines on your tax return forms.</p>

<p>like "Fill out your parents adjusted gross income, like 31a of the 1040 form."?
I thought that's how it was.</p>

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<p>It is allowed to fill your FAFSA out and then adjust it when you get the exact for sure data. For example, I had to do corrections to my FAFSA in March. It would be better to have a rough estimate down than nothing down. Your FAFSA should ideally match up with the info on your tax returns I believe, so I’d say fill it out as accurately as possible by January 5th, and then if there’s any discrepancies after your dad does the tax returns, fix it.</p>

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<p>You are applying ED? To qualify for Gates, you must be pell grant eligible, and Whitman is $39,000/yr. tuition only. I see in your OP you don’t mention Gates, did you just post in the wrong forum?</p>