FAFSA is open already?

Paying for College
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<p><a href="https://fafsa.ed.gov/"&gt;https://fafsa.ed.gov/&lt;/a> </p>

<p>my dad and I have started on this application already and we're half-way through. I thought it opens Jan 1st however?</p>

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<p>It opens Jan 1 for filing for the 2015-16 school year. You are filling out the one for 2014-15 likely. That won’t be used for your schools if you are applying for next fall. Only if you are entering school spring 2015.</p>

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<p>I only see the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015 FAFSAs on that page. Were you able to get to the 2015-2016 one already?</p>

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<p>Look carefully at the dates of the FAFSA you are completing. You need the one for the 2015-2016 school year.</p>

<p>Is that the one you are doing. If not, stop…and just wait until next week.</p>

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OP must be working on 2014-2015 FAFSA. OP could wait until this Thursday, 1/1/2015 to work on 2015-2016 FAFSA</p>

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<p>You all should do a minute amount of research before discounting this student’s claim.</p>

<p><a href=“https://fafsa.ed.gov/”>https://fafsa.ed.gov/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In the Announcements section, “The new 2015-2016 FAFSA is here! To begin your application, click Start A New FAFSA.”</p>

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Yes I have done that. I could only apply for 2014-2015 FAFSA. I can’t apply for 2015-2016 FAFSA, despite the announcement.</p>

<p>Also, my daughter could not renew for her 2015-2016 FAFSA either.</p>

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<p>Same here for a returning student. Logged in but 2015-16 not available yet.</p>

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<p>Not available for me either. The wait’s so nerve racking lol, don’t wanna have to dwell on soph. aid anymore</p>

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<p>The website is “getting ready” for January 1st. The 15-16 application will not be ready for business until January 1.</p>

<p>Lilliana330, just a word of caution … even though you may submit your FAFSA on January 1st, your school may very well not process aid for returning students until later in the spring. </p>

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<p>@kelsmom Ahh I know lol, but I already know what the package will look like, since all possible institutional aid = replaced by merit & federal aid should be same as shown in Fafsa4caster. Just gotta get the app out of the way, which is why I’m a tad angsty :P</p>