<p>I filled out the Fafsa form before the deadline, but the information I used was estimated and inaccurate. I have submitted 6 corrections already and I have not received any SAR comments. I feel they haven't reviewed it yet cause I either submitted too many corrections, or its way past the deadline. I didn't really considered that until now because I thought as long as you apply for Fafsa before the deadline, you can still make corrections to it even after it is past the deadline. I'm just beginning to worry a little too late since many of my friends told me just a while ago that they have already received a letter from fafsa about the grants and loans they are eligible for.</p>
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What do you mean by SAR comments? You should have received an EFC after each submission. If you don’t know your EFC you should be able to check it by going to
[FAFSA</a> - Free Application for Federal Student Aid](<a href=“http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/studentaccess.jsp]FAFSA”>http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/studentaccess.jsp)
and selecting 2009-2010 and looking at the latest SAR.</p>
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For a start you do not receive any letter from FAFSA. The letter you should receive is from the school you are attending. They are the ones who award all the financial aid including federal aid.</p>
<p>It is strange you have not heard anything at this stage. Two things to check on your SAR.
- That you submitted the correct year’s FAFSA - 2009-2010.
- That you listed the correct school code for your school on FAFSA.
If both the above are correct check with your school. My daughter’s school posts financial aid on the student’s page on the school website rather than sending mail.</p>
<p>Yes, if you’ve checked the first couple things suggested by swimcatsmom and it all looks okay, then check your college’s FA or student data on the web. One of my kids’ college sends a letter with the financial aid award, the other one’s college only posts it on the student data area of the website. You’ll need a student number or code of some kind to sign into that for your own school.</p>
<p>I have received an EFC number, but it says based on that EFC, I am not eligible for any thing, but I should be because my sister is in college right now, and she’s eligible. Her school is a little bit more expensive but not by a lot, so I don’t think the small price deviation should really have an effect on my eligibility for grants or loans.
I have made changes that was requested in the SAR comments section of the FAFSA when I reported the wrong information, but the SAR comments have not changed. Since I reported my mother’s name wrong, and they said the SSA (Social Security Records) did not recognize that name. Maybe the new information I put is still wrong, but since I didn’t receive a “new EFC after each submission” I assumed that they are no longer evaluating the corrections I making and I still have to make one final correction since my stepdad finally received his updated tax return. I was thinking maybe it’s because it way past the deadline to even submit corrections now or I made too many “transactions” and most of them are minor and really redundant (change in email address), not realizing such a small change could be listed as a transaction. </p>
<p>& thanks to 'rentof2 for confirming that I have to check my financial assistance status in my college’s homepage.</p>
<p>I hope my grammar ridden writing is not making it too difficult for you to understand! I can’t explain very well, but if it can’t be answered here I was planning to contact FAFSA customer service.</p>
<p>The only thing the FAFSA comments will tell you is if you are eligible for the Pell grant, a federal grant. To be eligible for the Pell grant your EFC must be around 4617 or lower. If it is higher than that you are not eligible for Pell. Most other federal grants (ACG, SMART) require Pell eligibility so if you are not eligible for pell you are probably not eligible for other federal grant money either.</p>
<p>The SAR report does not tell you what you are eligible for as far as institutional grants (those awarded from the school’s own funds if they have any, many schools do not), State grants, loans, or work study. That information is determined by the school based on your EFC and their COA (Cost of Attendance). You need to contact *your *school. Contacting FAFSA customer services will be a waste of time. They are there to help you with issues regarding completing the FAFSA form. They are **not **responsible for making *any *financial aid awards. All FAFSA is is a form you complete which produces the EFC and sends it to your school. The school uses the EFC and their COA (cost of attendance) to determine what aid you are eligible for.</p>
<p>Do you know what sort of aid your sister is getting? If she is getting federal grant aid then it is possible you should be eligible also. In that case you need to check your FAFSA for errors. Perhaps you can compare it to hers. If there are no errors the main thing that would make a difference there is if your EFC is higher because you have income or assets in your own name that she does not. Student income and assets do affect the EFC. If she is not getting the Pell then her aid may be related to her school and not every school has the same policies. </p>
<p>You need to contact your school as soon as possible to find out why you have not heard about any aid you may be eligible for. All students are eligible for Stafford loans of $5500 their freshman year. Other than that it depends on your EFC, the schools COA, and the schools aid policies. Only they can tell you. Call them.</p>
<p>Agreed with others, you need to be calling YOUR COLLEGE. Make sure you have completed ALL of the application materials they requested for financial aid to be awarded. Even with a FAFSA done with estimates, most schools will send you an estimated award (although you should check your school…this may not be the case there). It sounds like the FAFSA with the wrong NAME on it (didn’t match any SS number) was not processed and submitted to the school. But the info about that not being correct would have been available to you almost immediately. When did you make that change? </p>
<p>As mentioned, the FAFSA only deals with eligibility for federally funded financial aid (Pell, for example, and Stafford loans). Does your school require any other financial aid information (Profile, tax returns, their own form)? Check and be sure that ALL has been provided to the school. </p>
<p>Also, what exactly are you “correcting” on these FAFSAs? After the initial submission, you are really not supposed to correct anything except income and things reflected on the completed tax returns UNLESS you made a mistake (for example, you don’t correct bank account balances unless you reported something in error). If you are making changes to many items that are not supposed to be changed, perhaps this is sending up a red flag to someone…? Doubtful, but possible I guess.</p>
<p>And…you say your sister gets aid, but you don’t say what kind of aid she is receiving. Perhaps she is getting some kind of scholarship based on merit. OR perhaps your family’s income/assets has increased enough that even SHE would not qualify for aid.</p>
<p>Have you spoken to your parents about HOW college is going to be funded? By now, your FAMILY should have a plan about who is paying and how much.</p>
<p>And lastly…will your sister still be IN school when you enroll in the fall?</p>