<p>I checked off the box for financial aid on the Common App by mistake, but I did not submit the required forms. I have not been contacted about this - does this mean I didn't get in? If I did, wouldn't they have wanted to see how much financial aid I would need or give me an estimate?</p>
<p>I think they are just too busy with all the applications and everything. I don’t think anyone has received a missing financial aid document email. If you do get in, they will probably tell you to hand your stuff in. </p>
<p>Yep. @HvePassion is totally correct. It says on their Student Financial Services website that for ED applicants, anything related to financial aid submitted after the deadline will be reviewed “as soon as possible.” Personally, my parents weren’t comfortable sending off their tax returns to a school they didn’t know if I was admitted to or not so they chose not to. It’s not an indication at all. Good luck. </p>
<p>@pennplease2015 What if I sent in my forms before Nov 3 but just found out I forgot to hand in another document? Wouldn’t Penn email me about it?</p>
<p>No. There’s a huge discussion about this on the main ED thread. Basically, it works like this: February 2nd is the absolute deadline for anyone to receive financial aid. November 3 was the deadline for ED apps to know what Penn would be offering in them for financial aid IF they were accepted Dec 15. The only time someone will receive an email about missing documents is after February 2nd which is the absolute aid deadline. Before then, as it states on the website, all apps after Nov. 3 for ED applicants will be processed ASAP. It doesn’t mean anything until February. </p>
<p>@pennplease2015 Thanks for the great explanation!! It was weird, because I emailed the FA person about my app, and she said it was complete. I told her I was actually missing something else, and she was like “my mistake I didn’t notice. You should hand that in too.” Did she not even read my app because I had already been rejected, or did she maybe just forget?</p>
<p>I do not know how UPenn operates when someone who does not send in fin aid docs but has indicated that fin aid is requested, is accepted during ED. For RD (and possibly ED) at many schools, accepted students’ names are sent to Fin aid so that a package can be put together. If there is insufficient info to put together a fin aid package, the student is notiifed. It can delay the process, yes, or the decision can be sent without the fin aid offer.</p>
<p>The problem is that when this happens with ED, and a student gets the offer with the deadline to send the enrollment papers and commitment for ED, in accordance with the ED contract, student, parent and GC read and signed, without the estimated fin aid offer, how is a student able to know s/he can afford the school? It’s not fair that a student who did not meet stated deadline get extra time without highly extenuating circumstances, and parents not wanting to release info till accepted doesn’t count as one of the reasons. </p>
<p>How a school handles this is individual. Some might just flush the student from the ED offer as unable to accept due to fin aid being insufficient, which is the big reason one can invalidate ED, since the fin aid offer is zero and it’s not fair to give an extension when the student/parents are the reason why a package can’t be put together. Or the student can end up on the ED list as being accepted and that list is circulated to schools that subscribe to it and if student is applying or has applied to such schools, even being accepted, the student is taken out of consideration due to the ED commitment made. Or a school can do nothing and just work along anywhich way they please with this.</p>
<p>Personally, I would, if in admissions, simply defer all such cases to RD for the decision for the reason that all required documents are not received in time for ED. It would be the same as if a transcript or other vital info is not in place, IMO But it will depend upon the school, how it chooses to handle this.</p>
<p>You’re reading too deeply into this 
Just chill and don’t look for answers from interactions that really give no indication. Sit back, drink some tea and enjoy yourself until Monday. </p>
<p>@cptofthehouse From what I’ve heard, Penn SFS isn’t the speediest when it comes to giving out financial aid packages. Both my Canadian friends got their packages at least one week late last year.</p>
<p>@pennplease2015 Okay, I think that’s what I’ll do! Thanks for all the help :)</p>