What does Carnegie Mellon mean by "preferred deadline to apply for financial aid"

[SaxSalute]

<p>Carnegie Mellon has what they refer to as the "preferred deadline to apply for financial aid" coming up in 2 days. Is this the end all be all date for financial aid at Carnegie or is there some other date that is non-preferred. If so, what does that even entail?</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>Let me google this for you…</p>

<p>From Carnegie Mellon’s FAQs</p>

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<p>February 15, 2014 is the deadline to file the 2013-14 PROFILE. It is also our CMU financial aid deadline. **Students who file for financial aid after this date will not receive consideration for institutional grants. ** They will be able to file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) after February 15, 2014, and receive consideration for federal grants and loans as long as they file prior to the last day of classes in Spring 2014 </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/finaid/faq/css.html[/quote]”>http://www.cmu.edu/finaid/faq/css.html

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<p>It means that if your paperwork is not filed by the deadline, you will not receive any institutional aid. I recommend that you carefully read the information on their financial aid website and follow their directions.</p>

[TigerDK]

<p>Is Feb 15th a postmark deadline or does CMU need to physically have the files by Feb 15th? I submitted my FAFSA and CSS, but didn’t know that IDOC had to be mailed until the 14th, so I mailed them today (15th) at the post office. For Cornell University, it says that Feb 15th is the postmark deadline, but I don’t know about CMU. </p>