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am i the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that we have to figure all this out on our own?? the whole system is so complicated and then they expect 17-18 year olds to understand it all?? my son had no clue what was happening and i barely understood it myself
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I had the same problem last week trying to edit my daughters aid info!!! Spent 3 hrs on hold with fafsa and never got through. So frustrating! Colleges need this info now!
I was in the same boat trying to reach Federal Student Aid last month about verification issues. Someone on another thread recommended using Claimyr (claimyr.com) to skip the hold times - it worked amazingly well. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ Basically got me through to an actual FSA agent in about 5 minutes instead of waiting for hours. The agent confirmed the site maintenance and told me exactly when my application would be available again.
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DONT TRUST THE SAI!!!! The new FAFSA formula is COMPLETELY BROKEN!!!! My sister and I have almost identical financial situations but her SAI came back 5000 HIGHER than mine for no reason!!!! The whole system is rigged and nobody at FSA will even explain how they calculate it. I spent 3 weeks trying to get through to someone who could actually explain the calculation and they just kept transferring me around.
While there have been some issues with the new formula, there are usually explainable reasons for SAI differences. Things like multiple students in college at once, specific tax situations, or assets reported differently can cause seemingly similar situations to have different SAIs. It's not completely random or rigged.
Update: I finally spoke with my school's financial aid office! With my SAI of 8630, they're offering me a $2,250 Pell Grant, $5,500 in subsidized loans, $4,000 in unsubsidized loans, and a $12,000 institutional grant! Plus work-study for $3,500. That leaves about $9,750 I need to figure out, but it's WAY better than I expected. Thanks everyone for your help and advice!
That's actually a really good package! Congrats! The institutional grant is impressive - that's the benefit of schools with higher sticker prices, they often have more institutional aid to give.
So glad it worked out! Did you end up using the service I recommended to get through to them?
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I just want to clarify something important about the timeline - mid to late March is when most FAFSA applications should be *processed*, but that doesn't mean you'll immediately receive your SAI (Student Aid Index) or financial aid package from colleges. After FAFSA processes your application, they need to send that information to your chosen schools, and then each school needs to create a financial aid package based on your SAI, their available funds, and their institutional methodology. So while the March timeline for FAFSA processing may be accurate, you should expect an additional 1-3 weeks before receiving actual financial aid packages from individual schools. That's why it's so important to contact each school's financial aid office directly to explain the situation and ask about flexibility with deposit deadlines.
That's a really important distinction - thank you for explaining that! I'll make sure my daughter understands there's still a waiting period after FAFSA processing. I'm going to have her call each school's financial aid office tomorrow to discuss options.
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is anyone else annoyed that they completely changed the fafsa system the same year as the election?? feels like nobody in government is paying attention to fixing these issues bc theyre all busy campaigning lol
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StarSailor
•for real!!! my financial aid advisor said they're overwhelmed with problems from the new system and nobody at the dept of education is helping them figure it out
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Zainab Ibrahim
UPDATE: I wanted to thank everyone for their advice! I followed several suggestions: 1. Contacted my school's financial aid office - they gave me a 3-week extension on the priority deadline! 2. Used Claimyr to actually reach someone at FSA after 9 previous failed attempts - they submitted an expedited review 3. Visited my local SSA office (had to wait 2 hours) and discovered there WAS a discrepancy in how my married name was formatted Good news - my verification finally went through this morning! The SSA office fix plus the expedited review from FSA seems to have worked. For anyone else dealing with this, definitely be persistent and try multiple approaches at once. Thanks again for all your help!
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Keisha Johnson
•Excellent news! This is exactly the kind of multi-pronged approach that works best with these systems. I'm glad you got resolution before your deadline. For anyone else reading this thread with similar issues, this is a perfect example of being proactive rather than just waiting for the system to eventually work.
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