<p>All my schools have a financial aid deadline of february 1st...except Skidmore, whose is january 15th. My parents say that they will have the paperwork in order by february 1st, but not by janauary 15th, and tell me I just shouldn't apply to Skidmore.</p>
<p>But it is one of my top choices and I've already sent my SAT scores and transcript in and filled out the application. So is there anything I can do? Do they accept FAFSA/CSS late? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>They know most people cannot finalize their taxes by jan 15th (or Feb 1st come to that). You can enter your best estimate for income and then update when the info is final. Asset info is not supposed to be changed on FAFSA so should reflect actual values on the day of filing.</p>
<p>Harvey, did you end up applying? </p>
<p>It's a pain to estimate your income taxes before getting W2s, but it IS possible. If your parents have their last pay stubs of the year, and they use last year's tax forms & W2s as a guide, they can at least get in the right ballpark to do your financial aid forms. The forms have a space to indicate whether these are from actual or estimated taxes.</p>
<p>If your parents don't use a tax preparer, Turbotax.com is a really handy tool for figuring this stuff out. You do have to pay for it, but if you're only using it for the federal form it's only $20-$30. I just used it to estimate my taxes for my daughter's FAFSA and Profile, because there's no way I'm going to have all the real documents by Jan. 15 (or Feb. 1 either, if prior years are any indication). And as a nice bonus, it helped me find deductions that I didn't know I could take.</p>