FAFSA keeps rejecting my high school diploma correction - anyone else stuck?

same happened to me last yr. system is broken af

There's actually a known glitch in the FAFSA system right now affecting education status corrections specifically. The Department of Education posted about it last week but didn't really publicize it well. You need to call the Federal Student Aid Information Center directly at 1-800-433-3243 and have them manually override this in your application. They'll ask for your FSA ID and some verification questions. When I called, they said this is happening to about 8% of applicants trying to make corrections.

I work at a university financial aid office and we've had DOZENS of students with this exact issue this month. The FAFSA system update is causing all kinds of problems with the education section specifically. Here's what we're advising students to do: 1. FIRST, have your school's financial aid office add a note to your file about this being a system error 2. Try calling FSA directly early in the morning (before 8:30am Eastern) 3. Submit a written correction request through your school's aid office 4. Ask your school if they can verify your high school completion status separately Whatever you do, DON'T submit multiple correction attempts online as it can sometimes lock your entire application for review.

Off topic but why is the FAFSA system ALWAYS broken?? My brother had the EXACT same problem in 2022 and they swore they fixed it. The entire financial aid system in this country is a joke. They make it SO HARD to get help for college then wonder why ppl aren't going!!

After dealing with several FAFSA correction problems this year, I discovered Claimyr (claimyr.com) and it literally saved me hours of frustration. It holds your place in line with FSA and calls you back when an actual human is available. Just used it last week to fix a similar education status problem. You can see how it works in this video: https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ Much better than waiting on hold for hours or having to call back repeatedly. The agent I spoke with fixed my high school diploma status in about 5 minutes once I got through.

Let me clear up some confusion here about the high school diploma correction issue: 1. This is related to the FAFSA Simplification Act changes for 2024-2025 applications 2. The education section was completely redesigned, causing integration issues 3. The online correction form has a specific bug with toggle fields (like yes/no questions) Here's what actually works: - Call FSA directly at 1-800-433-3243 - Tell them specifically you need a "manual override correction" for the education section - Request a confirmation email once corrected - Allow 3-5 days for the correction to appear in the system Your SAI (Student Aid Index) calculation is directly affected by education status, so this is definitely worth fixing properly. If you have a deadline approaching, ask the agent to note this in your file and request expedited processing.

i had this problem too but for my associate's degree. the website is garbage. i ended up going to my schools financial aid office in person and they helped me fill out a paper form to fix it. took like 2 weeks to process tho