<p>Okay I am starting the FAFSA application TONIGHT.....</p>
<p>and I have to file it by February 1st...... that's a short amount of time... i don't even have a PIN #... should i just mail it in? and postmark it February 1st... is that alright??</p>
<p>Hmmmmm that is a quandry now isn't it? I guess you could file it online but send in your signature correct?</p>
<p>but do they accept the mailing of the signature later then? Or do I need to postmark it February 1st?? Or do they need to receive it Feb 1st?</p>
<p>Are you meeting a state deadline or your college deadline???? Have you applied for a PIN today?</p>
<p>FAFSA accepts your filing whenever you submit it........so the "it" you ask about should really be "the school".</p>
<p>its the school deadline</p>
<p>Apply for your PIN immediately and have the FAFSA all filled out. You can probably get your PIN by the deadline which is midnight of 01 FEB correct? You need to phone the school FA Office Monday morning.</p>
<p>ok, but if i cant get a pin now before the deadline, should i do i do it online and send the signature through mail on tuesday feb 1st?</p>
<p>You should call the FA office on Monday and that gives you yet two days to determine if you need to do anything other than sign it online with your PIN~~~~~~you are jumping the gun. Get all the info filled out online and they you will be ready to click n send. Be proactive and phone the FA. I think you might get your PIN before Tues. midnight.</p>
<p>alrite, thanks A TON for the info hamzat, you've really helped me through this</p>
<p>and we're filling out the numbers as i type this</p>
<p>FAFSA knows the deadline and I think they will work to get this all done for students like you.........I think it will work out. Good Luck and don't panic. You got in and you will get your money......it is all gonna happen.</p>
<p>okay, FAFSA allows only 6 fields for schools on their site and here is are my deadlines:</p>
<p>Duke - March 1st
Boston U - February 15th
Brown - February 1st
GW - feb 1
Miami U - feb 15th
Princeton - feb 1
Rice - March 1st
St Louis - March 1st
UIC - March 1st
UofI - march 15th
Univ of Miami - Feb 15th</p>
<p>.... I will NOT be attending Miami U anymore, so I just cancel that out</p>
<p>so what do I do if I want to send it to 10 schools....
Brown, Princeton, and GW are a must
then comes Bostn U, Univ of Miami for Feb 15th deadline</p>
<p>but there's Duke and Rice for March 1st (which are in my top 3 choices of schools)</p>
<p>so this is my dillema:
I send out my FAFSA and PROFILE based on estimated figures
My parents do the actual tax reports in early-mid February and we'll correct them on the FAFSA/PROFILE</p>
<p>so what do I do since I am applying 6 schools now with estimated numbers but I'll have another 4 due later?</p>
<p>Click reload and send again......it is free.
<a href="http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/faq002b.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/faq002b.htm</a></p>
<p>If I want to apply to more than six schools, what do I do?
You can only select up to six schools at a time to receive your application information. Once you receive the processed SAR(Student Aid Report), you can:</p>
<pre><code> Go to the Corrections on the Web and add more schools by submitting a correction to your FAFSA information. You need your PIN for this option. If you make further corrections after adding the new schools, the schools you entered on the original FAFSA will not receive these corrections.
</code></pre>
<p>Or
Contact Customer Service</p>
<p>ok..... I ran into a REALLY STUPID PROBLEM I DID by accident</p>
<p>First I signed up for a PIN, with all the correct info and everything</p>
<p>then I created a FAFSA 2006-2007 account.... but I SWITCHED MY LAST AND FIRST naMES!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>crapola! another freaking problem.... the thing that screws me up is that when doing the FAFSA 2006-2007 form it asked if i wanted a PIN again, and i just clicked check yes,so it sent the wrong information for the PIn!!!!!!</p>
<p>so now I have TWO pending PINs..... what do I do to fix this problem?
And now everytime I log onto FAFSA i have to switch my names......</p>
<p>agghaghghahghaghgahga</p>
<p>should I create a whole new FAFSA 2006-2007 form (but I corrected my first and last name, its just that I still have to log on with the wrong name)?
..... I think i will (still didn't send the FAFSA)</p>
<p>Also.... should i call the office on monday to remediate the problem of multiple PINs?</p>
<p>Staying up too late and doing too much??? Stressed trying to meet a deadline and learning that the steps you need to compete are more than you were told??? Hey, at least you began tonight and not Tues nite!!!! hehehe</p>
<p>Calm down, phone FAFSA tomorrow:</p>
<p>
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<p>If you have questions or problems regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on the Web, or specific questions about the FAFSA, call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243). If you are hearing impaired and have questions, please contact the TTY line at 1-800-730-8913.</p>
<p>You can also contact a customer service representative online, by selecting the "Live Help'' button. For online application status checks, go to the FAFSA on the Web home page and select "Check status of a submitted FAFSA or Print a Signature Page" from the FAFSA Follow-up section 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</p>
<p>Customer Service Live
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<p>Here is what you do.</p>
<p>Submit FAFSA -- first 6 colleges
Example: Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Duke, Emory, Furman</p>
<p>Wait for SAR - This will be transaction #01</p>
<p>Go online and select "Make Corrections"</p>
<p>Open transaction #01 - delete all 6 college and add new set.
Example: Grinnell, Harvard, Ithaca, Juniata, Knox, Lehigh</p>
<p>Submit - this will be transaction #02</p>
<p>When you get updated info from your taxes, go back to the FAFSA site.</p>
<p>Select "Make Corrections"</p>
<p>Open transaction #01. This is the original SAR that had colleges A,B,C,D,E,F.
Update the financial information with the final numbers from your tax return.
Submit -- this will be transaction #03</p>
<p>Now, open transaction #02. This is the SAR that had colleges G,H,I,J,K,L. It still has the old numbers. Re-enter the updated financial information with the final numbers from your tax return.</p>
<p>Submit -- this is going to be transaction #04.</p>
<p>(If you have more than 12 colleges, adjust instructions accordingly). It is easier to update numbers than add colleges because of the way the web site is set up. It will be also easier in the long run if each FAFSA has a unique set of colleges and you are consistent about maintaining the same sets -- that way you know that every time you need to make a correction to data, you will be doing it to the same number of FAFSA transactions, and you won't have to worry about keeping track of which colleges have received which FAFSA.</p>
<p>okay i finished fafsa</p>
<p>and i have the following 3 options</p>
<p>Electronically Sign (recommended) - Use your U.S. Department of Education PIN to electronically sign your FAFSA. </p>
<p>Print Signature Page - Print a signature page, sign, and mail it to us immediately. We cannot process your FAFSA until we receive the signature page. If we do not receive the signature page within 7 days, we will send you a paper SAR to sign and return. </p>
<p>Process Now without Signatures - If you select this option, your application will process and reject due to missing a student signature. You will still need to provide your signature to continue processing your application. You can provide your signature by signing and returning the Student Aid Report (SAR) that you will receive in the mail or the fastest way is, after you receive your U.S. Department of Education PIN, return to the FAFSA on the Web home page and select Sign Electronically with your PIN. Note: Selecting this option will create a delay in processing your application. </p>
<p>I don't have my pin # as of yet and do not know when I will receieve it
do u think I should do Process Now without Signautres option?</p>
<p>anyone? .</p>
<p>coolkash$,</p>
<p>I am in the same boat as you. Tell me how it goes with calling your schools and the FAFSA office. I have not received my PIN yet and wondering if I should just go ahead and do it and submit my signature pages via overnight shipping.</p>
<p>We gotta get through this. Hoping you the best!</p>
<p>Phong</p>
<p>Oh whoops forgot to ask you,</p>
<p>when you did your FAFSA (without the online sig's) how did you begin filling out the info online? Did you say that you wanted to start a new FAFSA (on the site) with a Pin or without?</p>
<p>Phong</p>
<p>you can say without for now</p>
<p>and I jsut retrieved my PIN # today (Thank god!) so I'll be able to do it online</p>