Selected for FAFSA verification!

<p>If you wait until you make a decision, you may find your finalizzed award package much smaller than if you comply now. Just because you submit all the necessary verification documents to SJSU, you aren't committed to attending there.</p>

<p>Dear John..
Blah, blah, please give us
*Signed 2006 Parent Federal Income Tax Form
*QA Verification Worksheet Depedendent
*Signed 2006 Student Federal Tax Form</p>

<p>?Signed? There's no place to sign those.. Do I just scribble on there? Also, I don't pay taxes..</p>

<p>There is a signature spot on the tax returns....it is labeled SIGN HERE.</p>

<p>So I got selected as well. And I have a question regarding signing it. Our tax preparer did the whole electronic filing and didn't sign our copies. Do I need to go back and have him sign the forms or would it be enough just to have me and my husband sign the tax return?</p>

<p>I think just the taxpayers need to sign a copy of your income tax form and send it to the school.</p>

<p>On another note, I have filed FAFSA in January, February, and March over the past three years and were marked for verification all three years. (I suspect our self-employment increases our chances.)</p>

<p>Anyway, it has been a very simple process. Although we receive the notice with the *asterisk that tells us we have been flagged for verification, we always wait to hear from the college as far as what documents they want.</p>

<p>Our second son is entering college this fall at a different university than my first son, and both schools requested the same documents. We were notified about a week apart from each of the two schools with their specific requests for information.</p>

<p>Having been through the process three times now, I realize it's nothing to get shook up about... just carefully read what they want, make the copies, and mail them.</p>

<p>So the finanicial aid office wouldn't send my tax return back just because the tax preparer hasn't signed it as long as I sign the copy, right?</p>

<p>Yes. We efiled but printed off a copy and signed it to send for verification.</p>

<p>thanks for the answer. I was really worried cause our tax preparer is on vacation and I don't have a clue when he's coming back. But looks like I worried for nothing.</p>

<p>uc davis miscalcuated this UG scholarship they gave me and now they are making me pay the money back. Is this fair? They are the ones who made the mistake in telling me how much aid to expect and my parents set plans and loans according to their numbers.</p>

<p>Which exact scholarship was it? How long ago? My husband received some Social Security benefits in college due to his Dad's disability. He also got an on campus job and 5 years AFTER graduation, right after we bought our first home, they told him that income from his student job made him inelegible for the SS monies and he had to pay it back.</p>

<p>So, it may depend on the fund source for the scholarship. Tell us more as this is important for every one to hear. Are you sure they have accurate info on which to make that decision? No mistakes?</p>

<p>Why was it miscalculated? Was it because they had some wrong information?</p>

<p>why is the government out to get me? ...I was selected again!</p>

<p>soul,</p>

<p>typically, once you are selected, you will always be selected...Just think of it like you have won the lottery....over and over again.</p>

<p>but that's not fair...:(</p>

<p>Who said anything concerning the government was fair? It is their money, and they can set the rules up any way they want.</p>

<p>Life isn't "fair."</p>

<p>But it's not the government's money.</p>

<p>alright, I see. I do know that all financial aid isn't the government's money.</p>

<p>My oldest son is 3-for-3 on verification over the past three years and my youngest son, entering college this fall, was also selected for verification. Once you get through the first year and know what copies to have ready for the financial aid office it's very easy. The only reason I can see for someone to be irritated is if they are trying to hide something... otherwise it's really not a big deal.</p>

<p>I can assure you I have nothing to hide. I am just frustrated because I am totally independent and am on my own. I have no one in my family who can help me. (As far as I know, they don't expect me to succeed either.) Federal aid and summer earnings are my only sources of funding for the academic year.</p>

<p>The fact that you are on this board and are working toward your goal suggests to me you have great potential to succeed. I'm sorry that finances have to be such a struggle. It's difficult enough when there is some family support available; I'm sure it is particularly stressful when you can only rely on yourself.</p>

<p>I have a feeling you're not so irritated with the verification process so much as the lack of sufficient funds for college students, which is something many young people are encountering. Try to keep your eyes focused on the goal and take it one day at a time. You WILL get there!!</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>