The deadline for USC is Jan 1st, but the deadline for financial aid consideration is Dec 1st, which I didn’t realize until about two days before and had to rush send everything. It’s 14 days later and I just looked on the website to check my application status, and I realized I forgot to send the FAFSA. I’m sending it tonight, but will this prevent me from financial aid consideration? The website doesn’t seem to be suggesting so, but I was wondering anyway.
Call USC and ask them.
Isn’t Dec 1st the deadline for merit scholarships? Those scholarships are based on grades and test scores, nothing else. The deadline for need-based aid is in February. I don’t think sending in the fafsa would’ve mattered in the first place, since the these scholarships aren’t based on need.
Merit awards are usually awarded by the admissions department, and they often don’t know what’s happening in FA office.