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Another thing I learned from my experience - keep ALL documentation related to your custody and living situation in a folder (physical or digital). When my triplets applied, I needed: - Copy of divorce decree - Copy of custody agreement showing physical placement - School records showing my address - Utility bills showing household size - Letter explaining our tax arrangement Better to have it and not need it than scramble at the last minute! The worst part of FAFSA is the verification process when they question things, especially with divorced parents.
This is excellent advice. I always recommend my clients create a "FAFSA Documentation Folder" with exactly these types of documents. I'd add bank statements showing child support deposits as another useful document to include.
Thank you everyone for the helpful advice! So to summarize what I've learned: 1. Count both twins in my household size for FAFSA even though I only claim one on taxes 2. My ex's income won't be considered since the twins live with me full-time 3. Child support I receive will count as untaxed income 4. I should start gathering documentation now in case of verification 5. FAFSA is primarily concerned with actual living arrangements, not tax filing status This has been so helpful in understanding how to approach this when the time comes. I'm glad I started learning about this early!
Perfect summary! You're definitely ahead of the game by researching this early. One last tip: when your twins are sophomores, start looking at net price calculators on college websites to get early estimates for specific schools. These usually factor in your specific family situation and give better estimates than the basic FAFSA4caster.
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THE WHOLE FAFSA SYSTEM IS BROKEN THIS YEAR!!! Sorry for yelling but I'm so frustrated with all the problems. My daughter's application has been "processing" for 2 months, my son can't get verification completed, and now I'm hearing about this contributor invitation issue from multiple people. The Department of Education should be ashamed of themselves for rolling out such a buggy system when students' futures depend on this. Good luck getting through to anyone there - I've literally called 20+ times and given up.
I feel your frustration! This really shouldn't be so difficult. It's stressful enough getting twins ready for college without having to deal with technical glitches in such an important system. I hope they fix these issues soon, especially since so many schools have early priority deadlines for financial aid.
Any update? Did you figure out which of the suggestions worked? I'm curious because my sister is having the same problem with her husband's account and twin boys too!
Yes! After trying everything, what finally worked was actually two things: 1) We discovered his email wasn't fully verified in his FSA ID account even though he could log in, and 2) We used that Claimyr service someone mentioned to get through to FSA, who confirmed there was a bug with multiple student invites coming close together. They manually added him as a contributor to both applications. Both twins' FAFSAs are finally complete! Tell your sister to check the email verification status first - that seems to be a common issue.
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My family went through this exact situation last year with my brother. We're Americans living in Dubai, and his SSN came AFTER all the application deadlines. The key was transparency with each school. We contacted financial aid offices directly and explained the situation. Most were very accommodating! One important tip: collect documentation proving your son's citizenship and have it ready to email to financial aid offices. We used his US passport, birth certificate, and a letter explaining our situation. This helped smooth the process considerably. BTW, have you checked if any of his schools award aid to international students? That's actually how my brother got his first scholarship offer - through an international student scholarship before his SSN arrived, since the school initially processed him as an international applicant with US citizenship. Just an option to consider!
why dont you just apply to schools that meet 100% of need regardless? then you dont have to worry about federal aid at all. schools like harvard yale princeton etc give full aid packages without fafsa needed sometimes. my cousin got a full ride at dartmouth and they didnt even use his fafsa cuz of some special international program they have
He's applying to a few of those schools, but admission is so competitive that we need to have backup options too. Most of the schools that meet 100% of need are extremely selective, unfortunately.
good luck! hope he gets in somewhere good!!
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Thanks everyone for the helpful responses! I've bookmarked the Federal Student Aid Estimator link and will try it out tonight. I'll also follow the advice about contacting financial aid offices directly about my dad's job situation. This community is amazing!
good luck!! financial aid is confusing af but worth figuring out!
When I was trying to estimate my aid last year I ended up using three different calculators and then averaged the results lol. Not sure if that's the right approach but it got me in the ballpark! The finaid.org one was also helpful.
That's actually pretty smart! Might try that approach this time around. The whole system is ridiculous though - why can't they just make it SIMPLE???
StarStrider
my financial aid office told me to take screenshots of everything too just in case! the whole system is weird
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Freya Larsen
wait I just remembered something - check your email! I got a PDF copy emailed to me like 2 days after my FAFSA was processed
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Ravi Kapoor
•Really? I'll check my email and spam folder. Thanks for the tip!
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GalacticGladiator
•The email typically contains a confirmation, but not the full SAR (Student Aid Report) PDF. It's still best practice to save the PDF through the print function to ensure you have the complete documentation.
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