<p>Over the past few weeks, I have seen people freak out about their FA status changing to the welcomed "2014: Award access not available". I know that there have been several threads that mostly support the theory, yet I have seen zero examples when an ED (ED I or ED II) has gotten the FA change and didn't get accepted. I think the trend changes with RD applicants. Can someone end this debate and provide an example when this theory DIDN'T hold? If not, can someone provide actual evidence that it IS a glitch within ALBERT? I have read hundreds of posts and can not find a counterexample but I am def. willing to listen. </p>
<p>I want us to come together and find a definitive answer as to what the FA change actually means.</p>
<p>That being said, good luck ED II applicants (myself included)! </p>
<p>Lack of specificity is exactly what propagates false information. If you comment, make sure you backup the comments with specific and accurate info. I appreciate the response though! :)</p>
<p>I definitely saw a couple people who said they had rejections w/ FA changes in NYU(NY) ED1 2018 Discussion, but those posts were possibly removed due to deleted accounts. Page 121 and 122, people even say they themselves saw a few people w/ FA changes getting rejected.</p>
<p>And very hypocritical you want accurate info when you’re looking in College Confidential, which is definitely NOT a place of accurate info for either proving or disproving FA change. People can obviously choose not to post if they were rejected and do not want to post, and CC users are not even a worthy representation of the whole applicant pool. </p>
<p>But by no means think I am completely against the FA change theory. I just got the FA change yesterday, and though as much as I want to believe it to be true, I’m still very wary. Good luck</p>
<p>I am a parent and have been following this for a while. ( 2 D’s at NYU) Personally I have only seen one or two people say that they got the financial aid change and then got rejected in the last three years or so. (Who knows if there was a mistake on their specific financial aid account or whether they are being accurate in what they are reporting.) There have been more examples of people who did not see a change, but were accepted anyway. It seems that the vast majority of people who see the change are ultimately accepted. So, people who see the change should view it as a positive sign. People who don’t see the change may still be accepted and should understand that the changes to financial aid seem to be recorded on a rolling basis. </p>