Hello all, I am a senior waiting on college decisions. I recently received emails that not all my schools that I applied to received my FAFSA. I later logged in to find that I did not send my FAFSA to all the schools I applied to via school code. Today (3/11) I just added their school codes, and it was said to be processed within 3-5 days.
Many schools asked for FAFSA by January or February. I already submitted my CSS Profile at that time. Because I JUST NOW (extremely late) added the school code to these few schools, does that mean I will get no financial aid from them??? I’m supposed to get admissions decisions from them in the next 2-3 weeks!
Someone. Anyone. Help me
You did not miss the FAFSA deadline so if you will receive any loans or federal aid (Pell grant). Some schools have a priority deadline and they give preference to those who file by that deadline. It doesn’t mean you’ll get no aid (unless you are looking for Calgrant aid which has a hard deadline) but you may not get a federal supplemental grant or work study if those funds are gone.
You would need to contact each college to find out any implications of sending your FAFSA late.
If you are entitled to a Pell Grant, you will still get it. If you want the federally funded loans, you can still get those.
If your schools require the Profile, that is what they use to determine institutional need based aid, but until all financial aid application materials are sent, your application might have been viewed as incomplete.
So…call the colleges…and ask.