Financial aid app deadlines/ FAFSA question.

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<p>It is Feb. 14th, and the priority deadline for filing FAFSA, for two schools I am applying to, is Feb. 15th. </p>

<p>I thought I would be fine, so I wasn't stressing. I filled out my FAFSA online on January 2nd! Except just now, I had a terrible, terrible thought: I haven't filed my taxes yet. When I filled out FAFSA, I checked the box that said "I haven't filed taxes yet, and I am basing all of this information off of bank statements and paystubs", and when I had finished the FAFSA, it told me that when I DID file taxes, that I needed to go back online and confirm all the information.</p>

<p>SO.... because I filed FAFSA on January 2nd, have I met tomorrows priority deadline for aid application?</p>

<p>OR... Because I haven't confirmed the information on FAFSA yet with my filed tax forms, am I in danger of NOT meeting the priority deadline for aid?</p>

<p>It is Saturday, so I can't call the schools until the 16th to ask them. I am panicking. I do not want to mess this up. Can anyone tell me if I need to fill out tax forms tonight? Because I will, if I have to. But I have app essays to write also, and free time is hard to come by recently, y'know?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>you are okay. they don't expect you to have filed your taxes. Just realize that any FA offers you receive before filing taxes and finalizing the FAFSA is subject to change based on changes to your numbers.</p>

<p>you may exhale now :-)</p>

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<p>Oh good. </p>

<p>One more thing! I haven't yet submitted all the parts of the application to one of the schools with the FAFSA deadline of tomorrow. The deadline is just for FAFSA, right? Or do I need to finish that application ASAP? (I was waiting on getting my foodstamp application approved so that I can easily get the application fee waiver for the school....)</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure it is just the deadline for FAFSA.</p>

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<p>Thank you, college confidential forums, thank you so much!</p>

<p>I am now sufficiently de-stressed, and am again able to get myself into application essay writing mood. </p>

<p>Lovely!</p>