I did not do this on purpose. I don’t remember anybody people talking selective service at all when I was in high school, I never got a letter, and I never went to post office. I may have heard about it later over the years, but I may have assumed I did sign up or may have though it was peace corps service. But I found out I didn’t when I tried to apply for a work program, and honestly didn’t even know what selective service was. I even asked the woman doing the filing what selective service was. I had heard you were legally supposed to sign up for the draft, but for some reason I thought I did. I even tried to to join the military a few times. I asked my parents about it, and I guess they assumed I had signed up. I wonder if at the time they may thought I wasn’t required to sign up due to my mild autism, but turns out I still do. I’m just worried if I return to school, I will get denied financial aid or government programs due to this innocent mistake. I’m not poor, but I wouldn’t be to able to pay out of pocket. And I have heard too many horror stories about private loans to rely mostly on them. If private loans are the only option, but its probably not worth it. Please no rude comments.
Then go sign up for Selective Service.
I already I said I’m too old. I already turned 26 awhile, which was the deadline for signing up for the SS.
https://www.sss.gov/Home/Men-26-and-OLDER
Perhaps their website will help you?
if you can explain to the financial aid officer that you didn’t know and didn’t do it on purpose, you might still be eligible for federal aid.
https://www.sss.gov/Home/Men-26-and-OLDER
Read this article. It says that if you can convince Selective Service that your failure to register was not willful or knowing, you might be able to get around the ban on FA.
Good luck.
It takes more than just explaining. There is a process you have to go through and get a letter from selective service, and then prove to your school why you didn’t sign up (didn’t know, never applied for financial aid or a federal job).
I already read that about that. Even with a letter and a slip, they can deny me and just claim they were unconvinced. If I end moving and enrolling somewhere, I don’t want them all the sudden to re-evaluate and cut their when I have already committed.
Well, you will never know how they will decide unless you try.
Did your HS send out a notice during your junior and senior years? Perhaps someone at the school would know.
Did you ever apply for FA before? I believe that the forms ask if you have registered if you are male.
Did your parents not realize you needed to register? Do you have any brothers? If so, are they registered?
What happened when you tried to enlist in the military?
You can attend community college and pay for it yourself and then try for transfer merit scholarships.
I think my brother. I don’t remember any notices in the mail at all, and I never filled out an FA before. I made the mistake of letting the recruiter I had ADHD and autism, and military is reluctant to take recruits with those conditions. I just don’t want to enroll with possibility of them changing their about the financial aid and expect me to pay out of pocket.
Your only choice if you want financial aid is to follow the procedure. Get the letter and present it to your chosen college. If you move, transfer schools, or decide on a different school, you’ll have to start over again. Yes, it is a pain but it is your only option.
If one school denies you, you WILL have to explain it all again to another school. That’s the process. Each school’s FA officer gets to decide if your failing to register is justified.
No I was meaning, If I have enrolled in classes and moved to where the classes after I think its taken care off, only to find out later they want me pay out of pocket. That’s what I’m afraid might happen.
Get it in writing that they have accepted your appeal and that you are eligible for FA.
Which is why won’t completely commit somewhere until I get that part storted out.
You already have a degree. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690961-how-do-i-pursue-education-for-a-career-different-from-my-bachelors.html#latest How did you finance that back then?
Parent’s college fund.
After a bachelor’s degree, the only aid would be loans I believe.
Another problem is I don’t any documentation to provide on why I was unable or why I was uninformed about the service. Loans and scholarships actually.