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BTW does anyone know if you get more financial aid for trade schools vs regular college? my younger son is trying to decide between community college or trade school for electrical work
The aid calculation through FAFSA is the same for both community colleges and accredited trade schools - your SAI will determine eligibility for Pell Grants and federal loans regardless of institution type. However, many trade schools have industry-specific scholarships that community colleges don't offer. I recommend your son check with specific electrical trade programs about their scholarship opportunities beyond federal aid.
Yara Nassar
UPDATE: I decided to try what @profile4 suggested and manually entered our tax info by selecting "unable to link to IRS" even though we technically could. It was a pain entering everything manually, but the system accepted it! Now it shows our application is complete, and we got a new email saying our SAI calculation is in process. Fingers crossed this finally works! Thanks everyone for your help and preventing me from giving up on my son's education over a stupid technical glitch.
That's fantastic news! The manual entry route isn't ideal but it does seem to be the most reliable workaround for this glitch. Your SAI should come through in about 3-5 days based on current processing times. And don't worry - manually entered tax information doesn't increase your chances of verification as long as the numbers match what's on your return.
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Update: The Department of Education just announced they're implementing emergency procedures to speed up FAFSA processing. Schools should start receiving backlogged data within the next week. They're also allowing schools to create aid packages with incomplete FAFSA data using professional judgment. Call your top choice schools and specifically ask if they're implementing these emergency procedures. Not all schools will, but many are trying to get aid packages out ASAP using these new flexibilities.
Thank you for sharing this update! This gives me hope that we might actually get some information before having to make decisions. I'll start calling schools tomorrow morning.
NeonNova
THIS IS WHY WE NEED ALTERNATIVES TO FAFSA! The CSS Profile schools seem to be handling things better. Government education bureaucracy at its finest - "simplify" the form and break the entire system. Meanwhile families are taking on extra debt or making uninformed decisions because of their incompetence.
It's definitely frustrating that the "simplified" form has created such chaos. I do wonder if schools could have had better contingency plans though? It seems like they were caught just as off-guard as families were.
Amara Chukwu
•The challenge is that schools are required to use the official FAFSA data for federal aid programs like Pell Grants, work-study, and direct loans. They can't just create alternate systems, even if they wanted to. That's why this mess is affecting almost everyone.
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The FAFSA system is BROKEN!!! My triplets all had different SAIs last year and no one could explain why!! We had to file appeals with every single college and it was a NIGHTMARE. The whole system is designed to confuse parents and students. Keep pushing until you get answers!!!
Sophia Russo
•triplets omg i can't even imagine doing 3 applications 😱
UPDATE: Mystery solved! After going through both applications with a fine-tooth comb (and finally getting through to FSA), we found TWO differences that were causing the SAI discrepancy: 1. One twin did indicate planning to work during college while the other didn't 2. One application had a small typo in how many months our family size would remain the same (I put 9 months for one and 12 months for the other) The FSA agent explained that these two factors combined created the $1,200 difference. She helped me correct both applications so they're consistent now. The SAIs are still processing but should be the same when they're recalculated. Thanks everyone for your help!
Glad you got it figured out! Those little details really do matter.
Amara Torres
•This is a great example of why it's important to be extremely consistent when completing multiple FAFSA applications for students in the same household. I recommend that parents create a document where they record all their answers for the first application, then refer to it while completing subsequent applications. This helps avoid these types of discrepancies.
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Nia Johnson
One more thing - if you've verified all the information is correct but still get the error, try having your son go back to the "Manage Contributors" section rather than starting a new invite. Sometimes there's an option there to resend an existing invitation which works better than creating a new one. Also, make sure you're logging into studentaid.gov directly rather than clicking through from an email link which can sometimes cause problems.
Zara Ahmed
•Great advice, thank you! We're going to try the birthday correction first and if that doesn't work, we'll try the Manage Contributors section. I'll update here if we get it working!
Mateo Lopez
Just to follow up - if you do get an error message, look for a specific error code (usually something like ERR-XX-XXXX). Those codes can help the FSA helpline identify exactly what's causing the issue if you need to call them. Also, if you're getting close to your son's priority deadline, remember that many schools will work with you if you can show you've been attempting to complete the FAFSA. Document your attempts (screenshots of errors) just in case.
Zara Ahmed
•Update: We fixed it! It WAS the birthday - my son had entered July instead of June for my birth month. Once we corrected that, the invite went through immediately and I was able to sign. Thanks everyone for your help!
Mateo Hernandez
just wanted to update - i just checked claimyr that someone mentioned above and it actually worked for me! got through to a real person at fsa in like 20 minutes today after trying for over a week on my own. they were able to fix my verification problem right away. it was worth it just to stop stressing about this!
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Nia Jackson
•That's amazing! I'm definitely going to try this tomorrow morning. At this point I just need to talk to an actual human who can look at my file. I'll post an update if it works for me too.
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Nia Jackson
UPDATE: I finally got through! Used Claimyr like several people suggested, and was connected to an FSA agent in about 15 minutes. They confirmed there was an error in how my mom's business income was being calculated in the system. The agent filed a correction request and said it should be fixed within 5-7 business days. Such a relief! Thanks everyone for your suggestions and support through this nightmare!
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Yuki Ito
•So glad you got it resolved! Make sure to follow up if you don't see the change in your SAI within that timeframe. Sometimes you need to be persistent even after they say it's being fixed.
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