<p>This is the first time I am applying to private schools, and me being dumb i didn't know about CSS PROFILE. I already completed my FAFSA but now, after already getting accepted to a few schools, I just turned in my PROFILE. How does that affect the kind of aid i will get if any?
Thanks</p>
<p>to add, would it make any difference if i decide to defer my acceptance to the spring? So far I’ve already been accepted to Northeastern U, U of San Francisco, and American U. None of the schools have sent me a financial aid packet yet.</p>
<p>Right now if you are entitled to federal aid, you will get federal aid. The schools use the CSS profile for institutional aid. Neither Northeaster or American meets 100% demonstrated need. You won’t know whether your will get institutional aid until you actually get your package. You may end up with no aid or less aid than you would have received had your paperwork been on time. No one here would really have any way of knowing.</p>
<p>And a lot of schools don’t do spring matriculation.</p>