My twins both submitted FAFSA on the same day (Jan 3) and one had to resign but the other didnt. Makes no sense to me!! The financial aid office at State College told me it depends on what sections of the form had calculation errors. Like if you had certain types of income or family situations those were the ones affected by the system glitch. So maybe your sons form just didnt have any of the specific issues they fixed?

Update: Just got off the phone with the financial aid office at my son's top choice school. They said they're seeing many applications from early January that are proceeding normally without corrections! The advisor suggested we just keep monitoring the portal and emails, but that there's no need to worry if we haven't received correction notices. She also mentioned that even with the delays, they expect to have all financial aid packages ready by early April, which is plenty of time before the May 1 decision deadline. Feeling much better now!

the whole parent contribution thing is so confusing. my son did his fafsa and i get texts and emails but no instructions. why cant they just make it clearer?????

Just as a follow-up - be sure to have your daughter log back in exactly after the 3-day review period to check her SAI calculation and make sure everything looks correct. Sometimes there can be issues with the parent contribution information that aren't apparent until the full calculation is complete.

oh also i forgot to say make sure ur using ur adjusted gross income (AGI) not just total income. we made that mistake at first and had to fix it. the AGI is after all the business deductions so its usually way lower than total income for small business owners!

After you update your FAFSA with your actual tax information, I would recommend following up with the financial aid office with an email confirming you've made the update. Include your daughter's student ID number and the date you made the correction. This creates a paper trail and can help prevent delays if there are any issues with the electronic updates. Also, if your income for 2022 ends up being significantly different than 2021 (either higher or lower), be prepared to explain this to the financial aid office. Large changes can sometimes trigger additional verification steps.

WHY is nobody talking about how COMPLETELY BROKEN the new FAFSA system is?!? This is my third kid going to college and I've NEVER had these problems before. The Department of Education should be ashamed of themselves for rolling out this disaster and then just leaving families to suffer. They've had MONTHS to fix these problems and nothing has improved. Now thousands of students across the country are at risk of not being able to attend school because some government bureaucrats couldn't build a functioning website. Absolutely infuriating.

Quick update on what finally worked for me: After getting through to FSA (using that Claimyr service I mentioned), I discovered our FAFSA was stuck because of an error with the parent contribution section. Even though we filled everything out correctly, their system had some glitch with how our W-2 info transferred. The agent manually overrode something in their system, and our SAI showed up in the school's system literally THE NEXT DAY. Federal loans were processed within a week after that. If you can just get someone on the phone who knows what they're doing, they can often fix these issues immediately. Hang in there - I know how stressful this is!

One more important thing to note: There are strict deadlines for FAFSA completion that vary by state and institution. Make sure your daughter completes her portion well before any priority deadlines for the schools she's applying to. Some schools award aid on a first-come, first-served basis, so you don't want to delay completion.

UPDATE: My daughter logged in and completed her portion last night! The status now shows fully completed and we got a confirmation email with our SAI calculation. Thank you everyone for your help and for calming me down! The FAFSA really needs to make their process and wording clearer.