fafsa corrections?

<p>so in order for me to meet my schools deadline, I had submitted estimated information about my parents income and my income. once my parents got the taxes done, I saw I had overestimated both the income and tax paid! no wonder my EFC was looking too low...</p>

<p>I submitted my corrections a few days ago, since I don't want to be tried for fraud.</p>

<p>will the college/financial office throw away my old SAR and use the corrected one? last thing I need is getting more money than I deserve. (I have a conscience you know :) ) also will I need to send in my tax forms to prove the info is correct?</p>

<p>thank you!</p>

<p>Yes they will use the corrected data. They will ask you if they want your tax data.</p>

<p>I see. I figured they wouldn’t even take the old SAR for granted only because I answered “will file” on the tax form questions (I obviously changed it when I corrected my FAFSA). </p>

<p>my school had not created an award letter for me yet, so i figured they were waiting for the right data.</p>

<p>EDIT: I also saw that the school would contact me for verification if needed, so I will wait and see.</p>

<p>Out of curiosity, why don’t all schools do 100% verification? I see on this site that most schools only do 30%. just not enough time/resources I assume?</p>

<p>The law only requires them to so 30%. When you consider that some large State schools have 30,000 or more students that is quite a lot.</p>