I recently changed my name, I had already filled out all of my fafsa stuff and had already been notified by my college of the loans I could get. But a week ago I went on my fafsa account to change my last name to my current one and now when I go onto my college website account to check my financial aid it no longer shows the loans I was receiving. PLEASE HELP
You need to go to the school and provide them with the documents that show your name change. AND you need to change it with the SSA. The school has to administer the loans, and they won’t give a loan to someone with a mismatched SSN.
Changing it through FAFSA isn’t going to do it. You’ll need to change everything.
I did change it at the SSA
You still need to call the college.
It’s possible this is just a blip while Fafsa and the college trade, verify, and align with this new info.
I hate to say it…but your timing on this name change wasn’t good.
That being said…
Contact the school…and ask what you need to do to show that your name has changed, and aligns with your SSN as well.