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One final tip: If your son has received better financial aid packages from other schools, you can use those as leverage in your discussions with his top choice. Many schools are willing to match or at least come closer to competing offers, especially if your son is a student they really want.\n\nThis is called a \
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I'm going through a similar thing rn and the financial aid office at my new school told me I have to file an *entirely new* FAFSA, not just update my existing one, because I'm switching to a graduate program. Is that right? Anyone know for sure? The whole system is so confusing 😩
That's incorrect - you don't need to file a new FAFSA for the same aid year (2024-2025). You can simply update your existing FAFSA to add the new school code and update your status. The financial aid office may be confusing this with the fact that you'll need to complete a new FAFSA for 2025-2026 when it becomes available.
Thanks everyone for the helpful responses! I just talked to my son and we're going to update his FAFSA this weekend. We'll make sure to update both his marital status AND his school information. I'll also have him take screenshots before making any changes - that's such a smart idea I wouldn't have thought of. It sounds like we need to remove all our parental information since he's now considered independent due to both marriage and graduate status. I'm feeling much more confident about navigating this transition now!
Glad to help! One more thing - when he updates everything, he should immediately follow up with both schools' financial aid offices by email to notify them of the changes. This creates a documentation trail and prompts them to pull his updated FAFSA information.
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just wanted to add that fasfa is taking FOREVER this year!! we submitted in november and didnt get our sai score until last week!!! so frustrating
The FAFSA delays this year are unprecedented. The entire system redesign has been plagued with technical issues, and many schools are having to push back their financial aid award timelines. I'd recommend everyone keep documentation of when you submitted your FAFSA and follow up regularly on the status.
Thank you all for the incredibly helpful responses! Based on your advice, I've: 1. Emailed the performing arts department to ask about their specific scholarship process 2. Started a spreadsheet to track all the different aid sources 3. Checked if there are any program-specific applications my daughter needs to complete 4. Set a reminder to follow up with financial aid in mid-March if we don't hear about our FAFSA It's comforting to know that program-specific scholarships are common, even if the whole system seems complicated. I'll update this thread once we hear back from either the FAFSA or after her audition. Fingers crossed for good news on both fronts!
Sounds like you're taking all the right steps! One more suggestion: once you receive your complete aid package from all sources, consider scheduling a one-on-one meeting with a financial aid counselor to walk through everything. They can often explain the details of how different scholarships interact and identify if there are any additional options you haven't considered yet.
ElectricDreamer
yall keep saying evidence but what if the school shut down and their website is gone? i cant find my enrollment papers eithre... am i just screwed?
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Ava Johnson
•For closed schools, the Department of Education does have some records they can access internally. You should mention in your application that the school has closed and you have limited documentation as a result. If you have any communications with other students, former employees, or even your own notes from the time of enrollment, include those. You can also check archive.org's Wayback Machine to see if they have archived versions of the school's website with the false claims.
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PixelPioneer
I submitted mine about 8 months ago and just got approved last week! Full discharge of $23K in loans plus a refund of payments I'd already made. Here's a tip nobody told me: if you mention accreditation misrepresentation specifically, it seems to get processed faster based on what I've heard from others in my situation. My school claimed they were "in the process" of getting programmatic accreditation but they had actually been denied twice already when they told me that.
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Sofia Perez
•Congratulations! That's really encouraging. I'll definitely include the accreditation issues in my case too. They claimed to be "nationally recognized" but when I tried to transfer, no other schools would accept the credits because they only had national accreditation, not regional.
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