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Avery Saint
I work at a community college financial aid office (not a CSU), but I can tell you that this year has been exceptionally slow for all schools processing financial aid. The 2024-2025 FAFSA had major changes, and many schools are running behind their normal timelines. A few things to know: 1. The SAI (Student Aid Index) replaced the old EFC this year 2. System-generated corrections often trigger verification requirements 3. Each individual school must review your FAFSA before creating an aid package 4. Schools are processing applications in chronological order based on when they were COMPLETED (not just submitted) I strongly recommend checking each school's student portal for verification requirements. With the May 2nd completion date, I'd expect packages to start arriving in mid-June at the earliest.
Thank you for the insider perspective! That makes a lot of sense about the chronological processing. I didn't realize this year had major changes to the FAFSA system - that explains why things seem to be taking longer than when my older son applied a few years ago.
UPDATE: You all were right! I checked my daughter's student portal for Northridge and there was a verification request from May 17th sitting there that we never knew about! They needed copies of our 2022 tax transcripts and her birth certificate. Just uploaded everything. Thanks everyone for your help!
Benjamin Kim
•Great! Verification requests are extremely common this year with the new FAFSA system. Now that you've submitted those documents, expect it to take 2-3 weeks for processing, then another week or so for the aid package to be generated. You're on the right track now!
Sarah Ali
•classic CSU move, not telling anyone about important deadlines 🙄 glad you figured it out tho
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Zadie Patel
when i was doing fafsa for my twins i had similar issue. turned out i was looking at the 2024-2025 fafsa but needed to be in the 2025-2026 one! make sure your in the right aid year maybe?
I actually double-checked that first because I made that mistake last year with my son! We're definitely in the correct aid year. But thanks for the suggestion - it's an easy thing to miss.
Update from my earlier comment: There's actually a recently identified bug in the system where contributor access doesn't properly connect for spouses with joint tax returns IF both parents already have FSA IDs. The Department of Education released guidance on this last week. The temporary fix is to: 1. Have your husband go to studentaid.gov/fafsa-status 2. Enter your daughter's identifiers when prompted 3. It may show a special override option for contributors with existing FSA IDs If that doesn't work, contacting FSA directly is your best option. They can manually override the contributor status on their end.
Thank you for this update! We'll try the status check page right away. If we still can't resolve it, I'll use that Claimyr service someone mentioned to get through to FSA directly. I'll post an update here once we get it figured out in case it helps someone else with the same issue!
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Dylan Wright
one other thing nobody mentioned - check if theres different deadlines for the fafsa for certificate programs vs regular degrees. i almost missed out on aid once cuz the certificate program had an earlier priority deadline than what i was used to for my regular classes.
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Just to add - I've been tracking this issue closely, and currently about 60% of colleges have announced extended decision deadlines. The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) has been collecting this information. Most extensions are to May 15, but some schools are going as late as June 1st. If your colleges haven't announced extensions yet, they probably will soon given how widespread the FAFSA issues have been. This is literally the most delayed FAFSA processing cycle in history.
AND YET THE DEPT OF EDUCATION KEEPS PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE!!! Their press releases make it sound like minor inconveniences when the entire system is fundamentally broken. My nephew works in a college financial aid office and says it's absolute chaos behind the scenes.
Daniel White
Just got updated info from another FSA agent today - they're now saying all FAFSA data should be transmitted to colleges by March 22nd, and schools are being asked to prioritize processing aid packages for incoming freshmen first. Most schools are telling families to expect packages by mid-April. If you haven't heard about your specific colleges extending their decision deadlines, call their admissions offices directly - many are making these decisions on a rolling basis.
Gabriel Graham
Good luck! Let us know how it goes. And don't stress too much about the savings account mistake - they see that kind of thing all the time. The fact that you're being proactive about fixing it will go a long way.
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Natalie Adams
Excellent progress! Bringing everything to an in-person appointment is the perfect approach. Be sure to ask about their specific timeline for processing verification documents and get the name of someone you can follow up with if needed.
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