<p>Also I believe “FAFSA received” and “FAFSA downloaded” might be 2 separate things…I really dont know.</p>
<p>Mine is listed as Not Received. Maybe I should call the office tommo to check and ask if they only download CSS of those who are accepted.</p>
<p>When did you send in your fafsa?</p>
<p>@Harmenszoon…maybe that lady in the financial aid office had a tongue slip and shouldn’t have revealed that, or maybe she just wanted to get the annoying applicant (me) off the phone, who really knows.</p>
<p>Oh gosh… I called in February sometime.</p>
<p>Is there a difference between downloaded and received?</p>
<p>That still seems really weird to me. According to the rumors, most Ivies were making admissions decisions up until yesterday. If they wait until they accept a student before downloading the FAFSA and making a financial aid decision, that leaves them basically NO time. Maybe that lady misspoke.</p>
<p>According to my Columbia friend, they have mostly finished making decisions three weeks ago and have gathered some Columbia students to write postcards to include in the acceptance package…</p>
<p>@lionhopeful…I hope i didn’t ruined your night by telling you what the financial aid lady said to me. I hope that the “not received” showing up on your page do not mean anything. I am sorry if I ruined anyone night by stating what they told me…just remember that nothing is 100%, because after all… the decisions are not released yet.</p>
<p>This is what I guessed in the first place :(</p>
<p>If this was a common practice, don’t you think someone else in a previous admissions cycle would have observed it by now?</p>
<p>I’m an international student and only from this year do we have to send CSS profile. I hope that the fin aid office are too busy processing applications and forget to change these status in the checklist page.
I heard that there will be another day for current students to write postcard for admitted students so maybe there will be making decisions until d- day, hopefully.</p>
<p>I don’t know how much this’ll help, but I was accepted ED and I can tell you that I received the URC’s congratulatory postcard as a separate piece of mail about a week after the acceptance package came.</p>
<p>did u guys recieve E-mails from financil office in early March asking you to send the missing items?</p>
<p>I got an email on March 1st reminding me that all materials should have been submitted by then. I’m pretty sure it was sent to everyone who applied for financial aid.</p>
<p>Do most people have their FAFSA listed as “recieved” for “disbursement” on the checklist? If its like that for most people, then I think we can assume that downloaded and received are two different things and what is listed on the checklist as of now has nothing to do with the admissions decision…</p>
<p>My FAFSA is “received” for “packaging” as of 2/17/10.</p>
<p>The message section on the Fin Aid site has gone missing. Anyone else?</p>
<p>It’s not there for me either, and I think a couple other people on this thread said the same thing.</p>
<p>Ok good:) The first thing that poped in my head was OMG I rejected!
My stress is really taking over.</p>