<p>are we suppose to mail in the 2008 tax return forms BEFORE we get accepted?</p>
<p>i couldnt find the notification date for undergraduate admissions but i think we're suppose to send in our 2008 tax return forms in march, right?</p>
<p>thatd be pretty ridiculous....</p>
<p>It’s been ages since I’ve done undergrad financial aid :)</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m 99% sure that you include your 2008 income tax return and W-2 forms with your financial aid application along with the other requested materials (FAFSA, Profile, etc…). You do this so that you can receive an estimated financial aid package upon your acceptance. This information was due January 2, 2010. </p>
<p>If you are accepted and choose to attend Cornell, then you submit your completed 2009 income tax return and W-2 forms to Cornell by May 1, 2010. This will complete your FA application and finalize the award.</p>
<p>omgg thats a ridiculous amount of paper and postage wasted!!! why arent they just happy with the 303406034673406 financial aid form we’ve already sent them??? ugh</p>
<p>Do we send in everything ONLINE??</p>
<p>You can, I believe, do everything online if you want too. That being said, I’d mail your Tax returns, cause scanning them in sucks. Except the PDF thing they make you fill out. (the really short one with lots of red…) Cause that was supposed to be in Jan 2 to tell them you were planning on applying for FA… get it in fast if they’ll still take it. Oh and don’t forget the College Profile, that was due Jan 5. That one sucks, find a tax expert.</p>
<p>Kidding on the tax expert, but it feels like you need one…</p>
<p>yiyi- no youve gotta waste 43975934753975 pieces of paper and 934y593457395 tons of ink cause for some reason cornell & chicago arent smart enough to figure out all that information from the 943503485 other financial aid forms we have to send in! -_-</p>
<p>am i the only one thats fed up about all of this??? we’re applying for financial aid, not to another spend $100 on applications that you dont even know if would even matter cause theres only about a 10% chance of you getting in just cause we have the power to. ***???</p>
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if you’re fed up with all of this, don’t send in the financial aid app. just cough up $52k/$34k (depending if you’re OOS/IS and in an endowed/contract college) next year if you’re gonna come to cornell. it’s actually a really simple solution. if that’s not a viable option, think of it this way: you’re trying to GET money. getting money = spending time doing something (ie: job). no college is gonna give you free money without you spending some time proving that you need it. got it? </p>
<p>so, either way, please stop whining about it. everyone has to do it if they want finaid. you’re not the only person that’s suffering.</p>
<p>I agree…</p>
<p>I sucked it up (no homo) it’s really not that hard…</p>
<p>applying for financial aid really isnt bad…</p>
<p>You have to reapply for FA every year…so get used to it now.</p>
<p>wooow.</p>
<p>you guys sound like the same people that would support the SAT and ACT as well, which have been proven to be inaccurate ways of measuring college academic performance. yes, schools are finally STARTING to realize this but students have been too intimated to speak up about it. and until they do, nothing will change. yes, i understand the “suck it up attitude.” im doing whatever necessarily - regardless of how ridiculous i think it is - to get into college and to get financial aid. but if i think it is wrong, i am also willing to speak up about it, especially having spent nearly $2,000 even before ive been admitted to schools. if i had not gotten a job (and i was very fortunate i found one), there would’ve been no way my parents could’ve paid for my applications, SATs, ACTs, CSS, and study guides. and that is unfortunate because those who are less fortunate than me are deprived of opportunities many other applicants have. </p>
<p>back to this financial aid issue. explain to me why only certain schools - a very small number of them - require tax return forms before admissions. how are the large percentage of colleges able to give student financial aid without making them go through such a ridiculous process and forcing them to spend $16 (CSS) + $25 (noncustodial CSS) + $9 (CSS application fee) + wasted ink and paper for financial aid?? and why do they need the answer from FAFSA repeated 2ce on the CSS? and schools complain about not having enough funding. how about cutting back the useless staff that’s receiving the same questions twice - once from the FAFSA, once on the CSS profile, and than spending time to confirm those forms and match them with applicant’s tax returns. i dont know about you, but that sounds like an awfully lot of wasted time and resources - spent on every single applicant. give me a satisfactory answer to that and ill be convinced that cornell - along with the very few percentage of other colleges - are not just being purely ridiculous.</p>
<p>and dew - i have nothing against fafsa. if thats all each school required, which includes many schools, than thatd be wonderful. and smart of them.</p>
<p>Cornell only awards need-based financial aid in the form of loan and grants. Since need-based aid is based on income and all assets, Cornell needs to see your family’s total financial picture. The FAFSA only scrapes the surface of a family’s financial situation. The Profile goes way more in depth. This why many colleges require the Profile in addition to the FAFSA. Sure, it’s a pain in the butt and I didn’t enjoy doing it, but for the time being this is the best way for colleges to determine FA awards. For many families, Cornell will pay almost the entire cost of attendance. I think it’s only fair that they ask for the forms that will help them dole out their money fairly. If you’re so against the way Cornell does financial aid, why are you even applying?</p>
<p>Btw…I am against the SAT and ACT ;)</p>