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Val Rossi
This exact thing happened to me with my son's applications! It was driving me CRAZY. Turns out the problem wasn't his birthdate at all - it was because his high school had submitted his name to the FAFSA system with his middle name included, but we were applying with just his first and last name. Once we added his middle name exactly as the high school had it, the system accepted everything. Maybe check with your daughter's high school counselor to see how they submitted her info to the FAFSA system?
What a weird glitch! I would never have thought to check with her high school. I'll definitely reach out to her counselor tomorrow. Her school did some kind of batch submission of senior data to FAFSA last fall, so this could definitely be the issue.
Any luck resolving this? One other thing to check - make sure the parent info (your name, SSN, etc.) is entered EXACTLY the same on both the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 forms. Sometimes these validation errors happen because of parent data mismatches, not student information.
Update: We got it resolved! It turned out to be the craziest thing - her high school had recorded her birth month incorrectly in their system (they had March instead of May). When they sent the batch data to the federal student aid system, it created this conflict. I had to have her high school update their records, then wait 48 hours, and finally the 2023-2024 FAFSA went through. Thanks everyone for your help!
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I'm confused about how everyone's submitting FAFSA so early. Aren't we supposed to wait until we have our taxes done for the year? I'm still waiting to file mine. Am I behind the curve here?
Yuki Tanaka
•For the 2024-2025 academic year, FAFSA is using tax information from 2022 (the "prior-prior year"), not 2023 taxes. This change was made a few years ago to make it easier for families to complete the FAFSA earlier. For the 2025-2026 academic year, you'll use 2023 tax information. So you're not behind for next year's FAFSA, but if you're trying to get aid for this coming fall, you should submit ASAP as many schools have priority deadlines in February/March.
Ohhh that makes so much more sense! Thank you for clearing that up. I was totally confused and thought I was way behind.
Adding to the helpful advice here - while adding W&M won't impact your daughter's existing FAFSA submissions, it's worth noting that W&M calculates their Student Aid Index (SAI, formerly EFC) using both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. If you haven't submitted the CSS Profile to W&M yet, you should do that immediately, as their institutional aid calculations rely heavily on it. Also, after adding W&M to the FAFSA, I'd recommend emailing their financial aid office directly to confirm they received her information. Include her full name and student ID in the email. This creates a paper trail and helps ensure nothing falls through the cracks during their busy season.
Ethan Wilson
•Oh shoot - I completely forgot about the CSS Profile! Thanks for the reminder. We'll need to submit that right away too. And great tip about emailing the financial aid office directly - I wouldn't have thought to do that.
Happy to help! And one last tip: W&M sometimes has supplemental financial aid forms on their own portal that aren't part of FAFSA or CSS Profile. Once you've submitted both, check her applicant portal for any additional requirements.
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Luca Russo
the whole fafsa system is such garbage this year!!! they remove questions without telling anyone, the website crashes constantly, and when you finally submit everything they take FOREVER to calculate your SAI. i submitted in JANUARY and still don't have a final SAI number. how are we supposed to make college decisions like this???
Completely agree. The rollout of the simplified FAFSA has been nothing short of disastrous. They weren't ready for the launch, and students are suffering the consequences. All the promised "simplification" has just created more confusion and technical problems.
Luca Russo
•EXACTLY!!! and colleges cant even see half the applications that WERE submitted successfully. my daughter might lose scholarships because of their incompetence!!
Just wanted to update and thank everyone for the helpful responses! I contacted my daughter's financial aid office directly and they confirmed that the scholarship question was indeed removed from the new FAFSA. They also said that since her scholarship was non-taxable and paid directly to the school, there's nothing additional we need to report. Such a relief! They mentioned they're getting tons of calls about "missing questions" from people familiar with the old FAFSA format.
That's great news! Always smart to double-check with the financial aid office when in doubt. They're usually the most up-to-date on these changes.
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OMG yes they need to invite u again every year and make sure ur using the EXACT same email address as last year!!! We made that mistake where my daughter invited me with my gmail instead of my work email that I used before and it created this WHOLE mess where I had two different contributor profiles and the system got all confused and we had to start over 😫
StarSurfer
•Thank you for the warning! I'll double-check which email I used last year to make sure we use the same one. Definitely don't want to deal with that kind of headache.
Carmen Reyes
Just to clarify one more thing - when your student sends the contributor invitation this year, you'll have 14 days to complete your section before the invitation expires. They can always resend it if needed, but it's good to be aware of that timeline.
StarSurfer
•I didn't know about the 14-day limit! Definitely good information to have. I'll make sure to complete it promptly once I get the invitation. Thanks again for all your help!
Andre Moreau
•And sometimes the emails are slow to arrive! My daughter sent the invitation and it took almost 24 hours for me to receive it. Just another thing to be aware of.
Rita Jacobs
This is definitely one of the recognized issues with the new FAFSA system. The good news is that you can verify the official status by looking at the
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Darcy Moore
Thank you, this is incredibly helpful! I just checked and the processed date is indeed after our last correction (we had to fix a small issue with our W-2 reporting). I feel much better now knowing that the system is working as it should, even if the communication is confusing.
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