<p>You cannot file the FAFSA for the 2007-2008 school year until January 1 she would file it then. If she is applying RD, this should present no problem. However she has to make sure that her parents file early for tax year 2006 because the financial aid forms are due sometime between february and march (check the schools site for the date).</p>
<p>However if she is applying ED, she will need to file the CSS profile by the date required by the college (sometime this month). </p>
<p>In addition they probably will ask her to submit a signed copy of her parents' tax statements along with the W-2s for 2005. She will have to have this done and there really is no getting around it if she is looking to get aid from amherst as they will consider her FA application incomplete until it is done.</p>