New FAFSA form 2024-25

[Kindra178]

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releas...f%20of%20March

Not sure if this should go here or a new thread; so I will start with here. Ugh, FAFSA now won't be released to colleges until sometime in March. I know this is no one's fault, but this is going to have a big negative impact on our decision making as a family who qualifies for Pell; and it's not all resolved with NPC calculators.

This an abject failure of the government. I’m sorry.


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[LBW]

The govt screwed up big time. I can’t imagine how colleges won’t be forced to push back decision day when they won’t even start getting FAFSA data until March.

[wendibird22]

Our admit decisions aren’t impacted by the FAFSA fiasco. But our aid letters are. They won’t go out until April. We are a need based aid institution so we need the FAFSA. It’s a disaster for institutions and students and their families.


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[LBW]

Sorry, I meant students’ decisions. If aid letters won’t go out until April or even May, students can’t commit by May 1. What a nightmare.

[wendibird22]

Sorry, I meant students’ decisions. If aid letters won’t go out until April or even May, students can’t commit by May 1. What a nightmare.

And well-resourced institutions with significant endowments for merit awards will have a clear advantage.

[KrisM]

I finally did it on 2/1 and it was a lot faster than 2 years ago when I did it for DS1. But I feel like something is wrong because the SAI is so much lower than our EFC was. I wish I had taken a screen shot of the page with the numbers I entered.

[KpbS]

I still haven't tackled it. Not clear if I need DS to start it first or if I can.

I wanted to wait until the soft launch was over.

[KrisM]

I still haven't tackled it. Not clear if I need DS to start it first or if I can.

I wanted to wait until the soft launch was over.

I started as DD and then invited myself lol. I did both parts on my own, with her permission.

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[KpbS]

I started as DD and then invited myself lol. I did both parts on my own, with her permission.

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Thanks, Kris!
That’s what I did last year and probably need to do again this year. DS is anxious about money and finances and prefers to not deal with any of it.

[doberbrat]

Our admit decisions aren’t impacted by the FAFSA fiasco. But our aid letters are. They won’t go out until April. We are a need based aid institution so we need the FAFSA. It’s a disaster for institutions and students and their families.


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It is a complete disaster and makes an already stressful decision much more so.