<p>On my common app, I checked that I wasn't applying for FA, even though my parents wanted me to - now my mom can't work, and I'd like to apply! What do I do, and won't the colleges be mad? One is ED, and the three others are EA. Help!</p>
<p>I would call the schools ASAP and tell them to make that change. For that ED school…did you complete a financial aid application form also…like the Profile…many ED and EA schools have a priority deadline for filing these for early applicants so that the schools can PREPARE a financial aid award. </p>
<p>For that ED school…if you checked NO AND you did not fill out the early financial aid application form, you will not get ANY consideration for financial aid when you get your decision. Call them ASAP.</p>
<p>And to anyone else reading this thread…LISTEN TO YOUR PARENTS regarding financial aid and college payment issues. Unless YOU (the student) has enough money to pay the total cost of attendance, you need to do what your parents suggest. The PARENTS will be paying the bills.</p>
<p>To the OP…if your parents wanted you to apply for financial aid that is something you should have done. Where did you think the money was going to come from??</p>