<p>This question can be put on any of the college forums of the schools applied to, but since I post here I'll write it here.
This college's, for example, deadline was March1 for all financial material. Since we just received an email March 14 saying the College Board has just processed the 2014-15 IDOC and available to your colleges, does that mean we didn't make lets say Harvard's deadline so the application is no longer acceptable? Also, still waiting for the IRS to complete returns that they have received so we can go in with the tools route into our FAFSA application and officially complete it. The initial FAFSA was completed Jan 2,2014, but waiting on actual tax statements. It's been filed electronically two weeks ago so should be processed soon.
So my second question, if the colleges applied to, not just Harvard, didn't receive the final financial documents with actual numbers verses approximate from previous year and them not notifying us of such, does it mean that it's because they don't care because applicant isn't accepted so therefore it wasn't sent to financial office for that portion to be done? Just wondering if we hurt chances of getting into any college not meeting their deadlines of financial part and/or is this also a sign of not accepted anyway as to why we haven't contacted you? :/</p>
<p>Every college has different financial aid policies and deadlines, so you need to check with each college’s financial aid website for how they deal with late FA documents from perspective students. Sometimes you may need to call the FA Office directly, as your questions might not be on an FAQ page. </p>
<p>For Harvard, see: <a href=“Frequently Asked Questions | Harvard”>https://college.harvard.edu/frequently-asked-questions</a></p>
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If you are admitted to Harvard, you will have ample time to send in any missing documents and still receive financial aid. That is NOT true for every college – some of them draw a hard line in the sand and will not grant aid to a student for the incoming year if you are late with FA documents, so it’s best to individually check how each college handles the matter.</p>
<p>[ANSWER: For prospective students, we cannot verify receipt of any information until after a student is admitted. If you are missing financial aid materials at the time of admission, we will notify you immediately.]</p>
<p>Doesn’t sound too good as we haven’t heard from them in regard to missing financial documents or incomplete, and my guess by mid March they should have just about completed who will be accepted and who not and the acceptances have been handed over to the financial office to do their thing. You would think if anybody is missing financial documents and hears from the financial office during these last few weeks its a good chance there is a reason they need them.
Just out of curiosity anybody out there that did not officially complete the financial end and hear from a school in regard to it?</p>
<p>^^ As far as I know, Admissions does not send Harvard’s Financial Aid Office a list of accepted students until after the full committee meetings have concluded. In past years, that has happened around March 19th. As 60% of accepted students receive some form of aid, the FA Office only has a week to put together packages for over 1,000 students. With so much work to do, they really don’t have the time or manpower to start tracking down missing or late FA documents. </p>
<p>I agree with Gibby. I called Harvard’s Financial Aid Office last week with a question about scholarships for my son who was accepted in December. I was told the person I needed to talk with was in committee doing calculations and that would continue until mid next week. So, I don’t think you will hear anything about financial aid materials until after Harvard’s Acceptance Day. They are swamped. Secondly, if colleges contacted accepted students about missing financial aid information before the acceptances went out, they would, in effect, be informing the students of their acceptance. That wouldn’t be appropriate. Good luck with the waiting and the decisions!</p>