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The whole FAFSA system is DELIBERATELY COMPLICATED to discourage people from getting aid!!! My daughter's cosmetology school told us one thing about her eligibility for grants and then the actual amount was HALF what they promised once the SAI came back. They kept saying "oh the federal formula changed" but they knew all along!!! Now she has loans she never wanted. Make sure you get EVERYTHING in writing from the school!!
Max Reyes
•While I understand your frustration, the issue may not be deliberate deception. Cosmetology schools (and all schools) can only provide estimates before the FAFSA is processed. The 2025-2026 FAFSA uses the new SAI formula instead of the old EFC, which calculates aid eligibility differently. Many schools are still adjusting to these changes. That said, I absolutely agree with getting all financial aid promises in writing, and asking for a detailed breakdown of how aid is calculated for clock-hour programs specifically. The formulas are different than traditional semester-based programs.
Update: We got everything sorted out! Found the manual entry option and added the school code. My son talked to the financial aid office at Bellamy today and they explained that because it's a clock-hour program, they calculate Pell Grants differently, but he should still qualify based on our financial situation. They're sending us a pre-award letter with estimates next week. Thanks everyone for your help!
Felicity Bud
•That's great news! I'm glad you got it all sorted out. One final tip - make sure your son understands that for shorter programs like cosmetology, the disbursement schedule for aid might be different than what you'd see at a traditional college. Rather than getting aid at the beginning of each semester, funding is often tied to completing a certain number of clock hours. This can affect when funds are released for things like supplies and living expenses.
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Aisha Patel
i heard from my friends brother who works in DC that the bill is totally dead lol. they just propose these things to look good but theres no way theyll actually increase it that much
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Yuki Tanaka
•Exactly! They've been promising to make college more affordable for DECADES and yet here we are, with more student debt than ever. It's all just political theater.
Amara Okafor
Just to clarify some misinformation in this thread - while the $10,000 proposal may not pass in its current form, there's strong bipartisan support for continuing to increase Pell Grant maximums. The increases have been steady over the past several years. For 2025-2026 planning: 1. Complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after October 1, 2024 2. Make sure your Student Aid Index (SAI) calculation is accurate by carefully reporting all financial information 3. Check with your specific college's financial aid office about supplemental grants they might offer 4. Look into state grants, which often have earlier deadlines than federal aid Remember that colleges can't give you a final financial aid package until the federal Pell Grant amounts are officially set for 2025-2026, which will likely happen in early 2025.
Sasha Ivanov
•This is really helpful, thank you! We'll follow this advice and start researching state grants too. At least there's some hope that the amount will continue to increase even if it's not the full $10k.
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UPDATE FOR EVERYONE: FSA just announced this morning that the correction period will officially open on April 24th. Corrections made that week should be processed in time for May 1st deadlines, though it will be tight. \n\nAgain, please contact all schools immediately and explain your situation. Most financial aid offices are prepared for this scenario and have procedures to accommodate students affected by FAFSA delays. Some schools have even extended their May 1st deposit deadlines to May 15th specifically because of these issues.\n\nAnd remember that completing the signature requirement will be the highest priority processing-wise, so that should move through the system relatively quickly.
Miguel Silva
THANK YOU for this update!!! April 24th gives us a little breathing room. I've already reached out to three of her schools, and you're right - they've been understanding. One even told us they can provide an estimated aid package based on the info we give them directly while waiting for the official FAFSA. This community has been so helpful!
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After dealing with this exact issue, I discovered a workaround. Log out completely, clear your browser cache and cookies, then log back in using a different browser (if you used Chrome before, try Firefox or Edge). For some reason, this forced a refresh on our application view and suddenly the specific errors appeared in the Next Steps section. They were minor issues that took 5 minutes to fix, and our SAI appeared 3 days later.
Amina Bah
My daughter just went through this and YES u have to do the whole thing again!!! So irritating! But weirdly some stuff DID transfer over and other stuff didn't? Like her personal info was there but NONE of our financial stuff transferred. The whole new system is a MESS!!
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Oliver Becker
•The inconsistent transfer of information is because they're still working through bugs in the new system. According to the Federal Student Aid office, they're planning to have a more streamlined renewal process for the 2025-2026 FAFSA once they work out all the issues with this first implementation of the redesigned form. For now, yes, it's unfortunately a bit messy. Make sure you and your daughter verify all the information that did transfer over, as there have been reports of occasional errors in the auto-populated fields.
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Miguel Diaz
Thanks everyone for the responses! I'm disappointed but at least now I know to set aside more time to complete it. I'll definitely use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to save some steps. Hopefully next year they'll have a better renewal system in place once all the kinks are worked out with this redesign.
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AstroAlpha
•That's a good plan. One more tip: save a PDF copy of your completed 24-25 FAFSA after you submit it. This way, you'll have all your information in one place to reference when you fill out the 25-26 form next year, which should make the process a bit easier even without a formal renewal option.
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