<p>I know the sooner the better, but I just haven't have time. I'm doing it this weekend.</p>
<p>Have most kids done it by now, or would I still be one of the "earlier" ones?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>The key date for getting the FAFSA filed for any student is the earliest financial aid priority deadline from the colleges to which the student applied.</p>
<p>For example: if the student applies to colleges with the following financial aid priority deadlines…
March 1st
February 15th
April 15th
February 1st</p>
<p>You want to make sure you have your FAFSA filed before February 1st.</p>
<p>You can find the priority deadlines at the financial aid sections of the college websites or at Collegeboard.com (although I’ve found CB to not be entirely accurate sometimes).</p>
<p>Like you, I’m doing mine this weekend. I was waiting on my accountant to do my taxes. As it is, I am still missing one 1098 so it will be just an estimate. But it’s better than a COMPLETE estimate. I have a business and my numbers go way up and way down year to year. Most people won’t even have their taxes done until later, so…no worries…unless you have a school with a crazy date (I thought I’d heard of a 1/1/10 date), or early decision or something…Feb 1 is FINE for most things so if you’re getting done this weekend - no worries. Contrary to the notices I seem to get every single day from CSS Profile (“um…you STILL haven’t finished the account you set up!”). And I’m normally NOT a procrastinator. Know that servers can get awfully bogged down on Jan 29, 30, 31…at least that’s what my notices keep saying, and I hear it from kids who are all trying to apply on the last possible deadline too. Good luck!</p>