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Thank you everyone for the helpful advice! I just checked and my state's priority deadline is March 1, 2025, and my top choice school has a February 15 priority deadline for financial aid! I'm definitely not waiting - going to get started on this with my parents this weekend. Really appreciate all the help!
Great plan! Remember to create your FSA ID first if you haven't already - both you and one parent need one, and it can take 1-3 days to be fully verified. Good luck!
can someone explain what SAI is? my cousin said something about SAI replacing EFC but idk what either of those are lol
SAI (Student Aid Index) replaced the old EFC (Expected Family Contribution) when FAFSA was overhauled. It's a number calculated from your FAFSA information that schools use to determine how much financial aid you're eligible for. Lower SAI = more need-based aid eligibility. It works similarly to the old EFC but with some calculation changes that generally benefit lower and middle-income students.
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Also check if you accidentally entered income or assets in the wrong sections. My friend entered her parents' income as her own student income AND as parent income. Doubled everything and made their SAI crazy high!
Oh no, I hope I didn't do that! Will check when I review the form. Thanks for pointing this out.
After you review and correct any errors, remember to notify all the schools on your FAFSA list about the corrections. Sometimes they don't automatically get updated SAI information in a timely manner. A quick email to each financial aid office can ensure they're working with your current information.
That's really helpful advice - I wouldn't have thought to notify the schools directly. Will definitely do that after making any corrections!
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One thing I noticed from your original post - you mentioned that the FAFSA is showing as 'incomplete'. Where exactly are you seeing this status? If it's on your daughter's account, that's actually helpful because it confirms the system knows a parent signature is missing. On your daughter's end, there should be a section that specifically says something like "Parent Signature Required" or "Action Required: Parent Signature". When she clicks that, she should have the option to send you an email invitation to sign. Check all email addresses associated with your FSA ID for this invitation. Alternatively, try this specific path when logged in with your parent FSA ID: 1. Go to studentaid.gov and log in with YOUR FSA ID 2. Select "Apply for Aid" from the top menu 3. Select "Complete the FAFSA Form" 4. Look for "Sign a FAFSA Form" 5. Enter your daughter's information If none of this works, it might be a technical glitch that needs to be resolved by calling Federal Student Aid directly.
The "incomplete" status is showing on her account when she logs in. We'll try your steps tonight when she gets home from work. I really appreciate everyone's help with this!
update please! did u get it fixed? my brother is about to start his fafsa and i want to know what to tell him to avoid this problem
Good news! We figured it out last night. The issue was that my daughter needed to specifically click on "Parent Information" in her FAFSA review section, which then gave her the option to send me an email invitation to sign. The email went to my spam folder initially, but once I found it, I was able to click the link and sign with my FSA ID. The whole application is now showing as submitted! Tell your brother to make sure he completes that specific step to invite the parent to sign.
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If your school's deadline is in 18 days, I would strongly recommend contacting your school's financial aid office directly. Explain the technical issues you're having with the parent section. Most schools have processes in place for FAFSA technical difficulties, especially with all the problems in the new system. They may be able to hold your aid package or give you a deadline extension while you resolve the issues. Don't wait until after the deadline to do this!
That's great advice. I'll email my financial aid office today and see if I can schedule an appointment to discuss the situation. Thank you!
One more thing to check - make sure your parent is using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool if possible. This automatically pulls the tax information directly from the IRS, which eliminates the possibility of manual entry errors with the AGI. About 30% of the parent section issues we see are resolved by using this tool rather than manual entry.
We tried using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool first, but it kept saying my dad wasn't eligible to use it. Not sure why - he filed a standard 1040 and doesn't have any unusual tax situation. That's part of what's been so frustrating.
That's interesting. There are a few reasons the tool might not work: if he filed as married filing separately, if he filed an amended return, or if his address on the FAFSA doesn't exactly match his tax return. It might be worth trying again and making sure the address formatting is identical to what's on his tax return.
Sofía Rodríguez
Just wanted to follow up - if you've checked all the technical suggestions and still can't resolve it, there's one more approach that sometimes works. Have your dad log into his FSA account, go to the "Messages" section, and look for any notification that might have been sent there but not to email. Sometimes the system delivers messages internally but fails to send the email notification. Also, if his account was created before 2022, there might be an issue with it not being fully compatible with the new system. In that case, he might need to update some information in his FSA profile.
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DeShawn Washington
•Thank you for checking back! His account was definitely created before 2022 since we did FAFSA last year too. I'll have him look at updating his profile information. Is there a specific section he should update? And I'll make sure he checks his Messages section tonight when we talk.
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Aiden O'Connor
hey did u ever fix this?? im having the same problem now with my dad
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DeShawn Washington
•Yes! We finally figured it out! My dad had two different FSA IDs (like someone suggested) AND I had spelled his middle name wrong when I entered him as a contributor. Once we fixed both issues, the invitation showed up in his account within a day. Hope that helps!
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