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Anna Xian
Has anyone else noticed that the FAFSA system this year is WAY worse than previous years? I've been helping my students complete their FAFSAs for 6 years, and I've NEVER seen so many technical issues. The signature problems, the SAI calculation errors, the contributor section glitches... it's honestly embarrassing how poorly this rollout has gone. And don't even get me started on how they're claiming these problems are fixed when they clearly aren't!!
Dyllan Nantx
•You're absolutely right. The "simplified" FAFSA has been anything but simple for many families. We've been telling our students and parents to expect delays and technical issues as they work through the system bugs. The Department of Education has acknowledged there are problems, but their timeline for fixes has been repeatedly pushed back.
UPDATE: We finally got this resolved! After trying everything suggested here with no luck, we did end up using Claimyr to reach FSA directly (after 3 days of failed call attempts on our own). The agent confirmed there was a mismatch between my daughter's name on her FSA ID (where she included her middle name) and the FAFSA (where she didn't). They fixed it on their end, and within a few hours, the signature button became active. We've submitted successfully and already received her SAI score! Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.
That's great news! Thanks for updating us. It's so frustrating that such a small discrepancy can cause such a major roadblock, but I'm glad you got it sorted out before deadlines. What was your daughter's SAI if you don't mind sharing? Just curious how it compares to previous years' EFC calculations.
Her SAI came in at 3276, which is actually better than I expected! Last year's EFC was around 4500. The new formula seems to be working in our favor at least, despite all the technical headaches.
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Andre Dupont
another IMPORTANT thing nobody mentioned - if you pay even just $50 extra each month toward the principal, you can shave like 2 YEARS off your repayment and save thousands in interest!! I set up automatic payments for $50 above my minimum and barely notice it, but my payoff date is wayyy sooner now.
ThunderBolt7
•This is excellent advice. Even small additional payments can significantly reduce the total interest paid over the life of the loan. Just make sure to specify that the extra amount goes toward principal reduction, not just applied to future payments.
Thank you all so much for the advice! I'm feeling much better knowing what to expect. Sounds like I should plan for around $220/month on the standard plan, but I'll have income-based options if my starting salary isn't great. And I'll definitely look into making extra payments toward the principal to save on interest.
ThunderBolt7
•You're welcome! One more tip: when you graduate, you'll have a 6-month grace period before repayment starts. Use that time to set aside a small emergency fund if possible. Having even $1,000 saved can prevent you from needing to use credit cards for unexpected expenses when loan payments start.
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Jean Claude
am i the only one who got an sai score but my schools still dont have my fafsa info? my status says processed on studentaid.gov since april 9 but none of my 3 schools show any fafsa data. so confused!!
PaulineW
•That's not uncommon this year. There's a delay between FSA processing and when colleges receive the data. It can take 1-2 weeks after your SAI appears for schools to receive and import your information. If it's been longer than that, have you checked that your school codes were correctly entered on your FAFSA?
Jean Claude
•oh maybe thats it!! i'll double check my school codes. thx!
PaulineW
One more thing to try: log out of studentaid.gov completely, clear your browser cache/cookies, and log back in. Sometimes the status updates aren't showing correctly due to cached data. I've seen several cases where this resolved display issues and showed the current status.
Just tried this and unfortunately still shows as submitted. But good tip, I'll try it again in a few days. I'm going to call my school's financial aid office tomorrow to see if they can offer any insights.
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This is why I HATE the FAFSA system with a passion. Every year it's something new. Last year they couldn't verify my identity for THREE MONTHS. The year before that, they randomly selected us for verification after we'd already been approved. And now this year they completely redesigned everything and it's full of bugs. The government should be ashamed of how badly they've implemented this system that millions of students depend on. DISGUSTING!!!!!
Zoe Gonzalez
•Honestly same. My daughter missed out on $5k in grants last year because their system marked our application as "incomplete" even though we'd submitted everything. Never got any notification until it was too late.
Avery Flores
Did you ever figure this out? I'm dealing with the same issue now with my son's application. We can see that it's been submitted but his SAI score isn't calculating because my income information isn't there. So frustrating!
Caden Nguyen
•Yes! Finally got it resolved yesterday. The financial aid counselor at my daughter's top choice school was able to unlock our application on their end so I could complete the parent portion. Turns out a lot of schools can do this now because of all the FAFSA issues this year. Definitely worth contacting your son's school directly!
Oliver Wagner
my daughter got her pell grant after we fixed our income info, it took like 8 days for correction to go thru but worked out fine in the end. def worth fixing
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GalaxyGazer
Update: I submitted the correction yesterday afternoon and called the financial aid office this morning. They were super helpful and made a note in my daughter's file about the pending correction. They said they'd make a provisional aid package based on our explanation of the error while waiting for the official update. Thank you all for the advice and encouragement!
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Natasha Kuznetsova
•That's excellent news! Financial aid offices generally understand these situations and are willing to work with you, especially when it involves retirement assets that clearly shouldn't be counted. Glad you got things moving in the right direction!
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Javier Mendoza
•Yay! So glad it worked out! 🎉
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