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<li><p>How am I suppossed to submit my FAFSA to a school who's "deadline" is February 1 when I usually don't get by W2 from my work and my parents work until about February 7.</p></li>
<li><p>I am applying to more than 6 schools that have a Feb 1 deadline and I know you can only put 6 schools on the FAFSA when you originally apply. How am I suppossed to get the FAFSA to my other Feb 1 schools on time when it takes about 2-3 weeks to process the FAFSA.</p></li>
<li><p>I just turned 18. How/when should I register with the selective service? Does the FAFSA ask you for some type of selective service ID number or something?</p></li>
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Answer ‘will file’ to the are you filing a tax return question, estimate income as accurately as possible, go back and correct income when you have final figures. Be accurate with asset info as you are not supposed to change that.</p>
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Thought it was 10. Get it done as early as possible, Jan 1st, then when it has processed go in and delete schools and add new ones. Make sure when you make corrections after tax returns are done that you send to all schools.</p>
<p>Yes. You are required by law to register (assuming you are male).</p>
<p>You cannot get any federal aid if you do not register. There are also various other govt programs and jobs you will never be eligible for if you do not register by the time you turn 26 (too late after that). But that apart, it is a legal requirement.</p>
<p>Actually…I’m hoping the above poster was being “fresh”. This IS a big deal. I’m quite sure that males MUST register for the selective service to be eligible to receive federally funded need based aid.</p>
<p>In addition, males MUST register for the selective service by a certain age or they can NEVER receive federally funded need based aid. There have been a number of folks who didn’t register in a timely fashion and then decided to go back to college as adults…and found this out. Perhaps someone else will verify.</p>
<p>Yes, males must register in order to receive federal aid. The registration must be done … if push ever were to come to shove, the conscientious objections would be made when called up for the draft. Permanent residents must register, too. Even guys who didn’t enter the country until after they have passed the age limit for registration aren’t off the hook. They have to provide proof of the date when the first entered the country & a letter of explanation. Guys who failed to register because they didn’t know or just didn’t bother face a lot of problems when they want to get aid.</p>
<p>So yes, it is mandatory if one wants to receive federal aid.</p>
<p>I took her “it’s no big deal” to mean it is simple to register for the selective service, not that they shouldn’t bother. I have one son who will register when he turns 18, but it makes me extremely angry that girls do not have to register!</p>
<p>I don’t know if it was because I filed much later in the year, but it didn’t take anywhere close to 2-3 weeks to process my fafsa. I did it online and my SAR was emailed to me within 24 hours.</p>
<p>YES…my “no big deal” post was that it is super easy to register - WHICH IS WHY I included the link. The US has made is super easy; you can do it online.</p>
<p>Geez!!! (including the link should have made my point quite obvious!)</p>
<p>once i fill out the fafsa with estimated values, how long do i have to file my taxes and fill it out with actual values?</p>
<p>and the documents that i must send to each college (which were told to me after i filled out the css profile), what is the deadline for mailing in these documents?</p>
<p>2010…you need to check the deadlines for EACH school. They are not all the same. You need to look for what you need to submit (the items) and when they need to be received by the colleges. If you go to the financial aid section of the college website, you should find a link for forms/deadlines. </p>
<p>There is no way we can answer this question for you for every college to which you are applying…the dates vary wildly from school to school.</p>
<p>You need to get your taxes done AS SOON AS POSSIBLE this year. As stated before, file your FAFSA as “will file” by the due dates and then get the taxes done, amend the FAFSA and send the tax forms to the schools.</p>
<p>Your family should aim to complete your taxes as soon as possible after Feb 1 when you should have received your w-2’s and 1098 forms. DO NOT DELAY this year. This is not the year to complete your taxes on April 14.</p>
<p>From your end of year check stubs you can see your info to assist you with FAFSA
I believe that the law requires W2s to be received by end of Jan but am aware that some companies drag their feet.</p>
<p>Apply for an online Pin ( one for student one for parent) and filling FAFSA online will be processed much faster than mail</p>
<p>If this is for freshman year, I have found that filing early makes a difference.
Use end of year #s and file In early January you can always redo it later if your numbers are not final.</p>
<p>I appreciate all these valuable tips. I’ve been wondering for awhile about all this talk about the need to get the FAFSA done in early January. Now I see how it’s possible, and why.</p>