Removing Schools From FAFSA

Hello, I have a quick question. Should I wait until I get my SAR from FAFSA to remove colleges I no longer want to keep or should I do it immediately by logging into my FAFSA account now (if that’s even allowed). Also, what happens if you submit the FAFSA with colleges you end up not applying to anymore? Do those colleges just not use it?

If you don’t end up applying to some colleges you list on your FAFSA, don’t worry about it…at all. The just won’t do anything with your info.

Why do you want to delete colleges? You have to wait for your FAFSA to process to make any changes.

@thumper1 Thank you for the reply. If you remember from my previous thread, I had asked about those three colleges that required the CSS Profiles (and now four because I just found out Northeastern requires it too). The reason for that was because my parents refuse to fill it out because they don’t like how in depth that form gets, and they already complained about how long the FAFSA was (even though it really wasn’t, in my opinion, and my brother was even there to help us fill it out). Also, English is not their first language so it’s much harder to get them to understand and even try to listen to what I have to say. Unfortunately, I had already submitted the FAFSA with those schools (I tried to tell my brother about it beforehand, but he wanted to get the FAFSA done first and then deal with the CSS Profile). There really is no use in me going forth with those applications because I absolutely cannot afford their tuition without grants and scholarships, even with the federal aid.

Those colleges…a couple meet full need for all accepted students. Especially if you are lower income, those schools could give you very sufficient aid to attend college (Northeastern Vassar, and Rochester meet full need for all…Syracuse doesn’t).

What is your FAFSA EFC? If it’s low, you stand to lose a lot of aid if your parents don’t want to complete the Profile.

Do you have affordable colleges on your list?

@thumper1 I believe my EFC is on the lower side, if what the Internet’s definition of efc is true (I’m not sure if that number shows up on my SAR or during the application process). Yes, I do have safe in-state colleges on my list (Stockton University and Rowan University).

Oh good. Rowan and Stockton are both good schools.

Your EFC will be on your SAR…it should be there now.

@thumper1 Oh, then my apologies. I don’t have it at the current moment because I submitted the FAFSA earlier today.

Well…keep an eye out for it…and let us know. If your FAFSA EFC is low, and your family doesn’t have significant other assets, then it’s possible you could be leaving money on the table by not submitting the Profile and applying to those other schools.

Regardless…good to hear you have nice instate options that sound affordable.

What exactly do your parents not want to tell that already isn’t ON your FAFSA? Home equity? Do the own a business? What?

@thumper1 Well when I went on the official website, it says I would need information such as my parent’s mortgage, bank statements, retirement funds info, etc. To them, they see it as ridiculous that they have to share so much, but like I said, they don’t fully understand due to the little bit of barrier in language. I would ask someone to translate to them, like a family relative, but majority are the same way so it would just bring more yelling and nagging.

Is there perhaps a clergy person or school counselor who can help you navigate this?

Are your parents able to pay for Rowan and Stockton?

@thumper1 Unfortunately not, my counselor did have a meeting with my mom during my junior year, but my mom wasn’t able to understand much. When it comes to paying back my tuition, I’m responsible for that as my parents don’t have much money, so me and my siblings were/are essentially responsible for paying back our possible loans or out of pocket cost (my parents would sometimes help, even if it was like $100-$200). Stockton is my ultimate safety because I ran the NPC and if i do the work-study program, I should be able to graduate with minimum debt, if any. And, I’m also working on scholarship applications, so I have that behind me as well.

What is your ACT or SAT score? And what is your GPA? Would they be high enough to garner merit aid someplace?

@thumper1 I took my first SAT back in June and recieved a 1200. I’ve been prepping very hard as I’m retaking it in November and hope to achieve a much higher score. My current UW is 3.84 out of 4.0 and Weighted is 4.18 out of 5 (I rank 48/566 for UW and 61/566 Weighted). When I ran the NPC, I did get some decent numbers for merit scholarships (I was looking at Pace University and I think I got like a 20,000-20,500 dollar merit scholarship).