We’re freaking out in our house because my son received an email from University of Michigan saying that his financial aid had been cancelled because they don’t have all the required forms. We thought we’d done everything, but after some research figured out that my husband accidentally sent our tax form without a signature (we file our taxes electronically, so he had to print the tax form out, physically sign it, then scan it and send that - except he made a mistake and accidentally sent the original version instead of the new version with the signature). Apparently my son got one email at the end of March saying that his form was incomplete, but we were travelling at the time and he somehow missed it. We of course sent the correct one right away. We received an email in response saying they’ll review it and, IF there is any financial aid money remaining, then we will get it - but no guarantees. We also spoke to someone on the phone who was more encouraging - he said that it should be the same or “very close” to the original award. We will find out for sure sometime in July. It is going to be a very long several weeks.
The thought that we could lose $15,000 in financial aid because we made one stupid mistake and missed one email is hard to take. We are not Michigan residents and the out-of-state tuition there is quite steep, so we are really relying on it. Has anyone else been in this situation (at Michigan or anywhere else)? Is the “we’ve cancelled your financial aid” email sort of a ploy to get people to send their stuff in, as I’m hoping, or are we really in danger of losing that money?
Just when you think the stress has ended…ARGH. Thanks for any insight!