<p>Hello,</p>
<p>So I decided to track my FA applications today (submitted a month ago), and I have schools still showing that I'm missing </p>
<p>Parent W2 Forms
Parent Federal Tax Return</p>
<p>but my parents aren't required to file and my colleges have received the Parent Non-Filer Statement. This is the case for multiple schools.
Should I contact the schools? Or is there something stupid that I'm missing?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>You are probably fine - but I like to verify everything - so send a brief e-mail (so that you have a written record) to the FA dept. of each school and just ask if they have everything they need. Be sure to include your full name and date of birth. If the school has already assigned you an ID number - use that in the subject line.</p>
<p>I suggest calling those schools. It is possible that the clerk entering your info did not waive the requirements when the non filer statement was entered. It could actually hold up your processing unnecessarily. These things happen, and it doesn’t hurt to ask.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! Yes, I will email the colleges. I just wanted to check on here first to avoid the risk of sounding stupid to colleges :)</p>
<p>Okay sorry for bringing this thread back up again.</p>
<p>So I e-mailed Columbia and they fixed the problem, but I e-mailed MIT and they said “As far as we can see, your parents still need to file a tax return based upon the information provided on the non-tax filer’s statement”. It’s the same for Cornell–their e-mail reply said to wait a few weeks, but after a good month their status page still shows that they still need my parent tax form. So I’m pretty confused right now because it worked for Columbia and UCLA…is there something I’m missing?</p>
<p>I was admitted to both MIT and Cornell, so I’m really hoping to get the financial aid letters on time.
Any help is greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I would pick up the phone and call MIT and Cornell finaid offices, if there is a name attached to those e-mails ask for those people… especially since you’ve been accepted. If you can’t find the time during those office hours perhaps one of your parents can call and figure out what is happening.</p>
<p>If you pm me with your parents’ sources of income, I will tell you what the problem may be. (I am a financial aid officer & am pretty good at figuring out problems!)</p>