Time to submit CSS

I have read that both the FAFSA and CSS profiles are available on October 1, and it’s best to submit the FAFSA as soon as possible. I also read (only in one article) that it’s best to submit the CSS as soon as possible too. But can it actually be submitted before my son submits his college application? Or does the actual application have to come first? Thanks!

No, the actual application need not be submitted first.

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Ok. Thanks for responding! So I guess the schools just match them up to the applications as they come in…

Your child will need to remember to log back into FAFSA and CSS and add any that they did not initially enter. One tip, for the CSS if you use TurboTax or another online tax software make sure to sign the pdf of the taxes before you upload them. That would have saved us some stress as college financial aid packages were coming in months later. Not all of the schools were that picky and those that were allowed it to be resubmitted.

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