Will making FAFSA corrections in June affect my full Pell Grant amount of $7,395?

You're fine making corrections! The June 30th deadline is for INITIAL FAFSA submissions for the 2024-2025 aid year, not for corrections. You can make corrections to an existing FAFSA until mid-September 2025. As for your Pell Grant, the amount is determined by your SAI calculation and enrollment status. Making a simple correction like adding a school code will NOT change your Pell eligibility as long as you don't modify any income or household information that would alter your SAI. Your approach of adding another school code to "refresh" the transmission is actually a smart workaround many advisors recommend when schools have trouble accessing FAFSA data.

be careful with those corrections though!! my friend tried to add a school in May and somehow messed up her parents contribution section and her whole application got flagged for verification. took her like 6 WEEKS to get it sorted and she almost lost her housing because financial aid was delayed soooo long. just make sure u ONLY change the school codes nothing else!!!

Having worked in financial aid, I can explain what's likely happening. Your school probably has your FAFSA data but there might be a "flag" or discrepancy causing their system to not properly import it. Adding another school code is a common workaround that does force a re-transmission. Regarding your Pell Grant concern: The June 30th deadline only affects initial submissions. For corrections, you have until September 14, 2025 (for the 2024-2025 aid year). Your Pell eligibility is based on your Student Aid Index (SAI), not when you make corrections. I would recommend: 1. First call your school's financial aid office and specifically ask if they can manually pull your ISIR (Institutional Student Information Record). 2. If that doesn't work, then yes, add another school code. 3. After making the correction, call your school again in 3-5 business days to confirm they received it.

I went through something similar in April! My school couldn't see my FAFSA data even though it was processed. I tried calling FSA but kept getting stuck on hold for HOURS before getting disconnected. So frustrating! Eventually I found this service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that got me connected to an actual FSA agent in about 20 minutes. The agent was able to see that my FAFSA was actually missing my school code even though I swore I added it initially. They helped me add it correctly and my school got my info within 2 days. They have a video showing how it works: https://youtu.be/TbC8dZQWYNQ Just sharing what worked for me - might save you some headaches rather than trying to guess what's wrong.

listen THIS IS IMPORTANT dont add a school CODE if ur just trying to retrigger processing for the same school - u need to hit the ACTUAL CORRECTION button and make a tiny change like maybe add a middle initial if u don't have one or remove it if u do! THAT will retrigger all ur schools to get ur fafsa data WITHOUT risking any major issues!!!!

The deadline stuff is confusing AF. My understanding is: - June 30, 2025: Deadline to SUBMIT a 2024-2025 FAFSA - September 14, 2025: Deadline to make CORRECTIONS to 2024-2025 FAFSA But here's the thing - some schools have their OWN priority deadlines for getting FAFSA data. Like my school had a March 1 priority deadline, and people who got their FAFSA in after that got way less institutional aid. So you might want to check if your school has specific deadlines that might be affected.

THE FAFSA SYSTEM IS SUCH A DISASTER THIS YEAR!!! 😡 Almost everyone I know has had problems. My brother's FAFSA has been "processing" for 9 weeks with no explanation. My roommate's parents' contribution section somehow got corrupted and they had to redo everything. And I've been selected for verification THREE TIMES for no reason. It's almost like they WANT to make it impossible for people to get financial aid.

Update to my earlier advice: Just to be absolutely clear about Pell Grant eligibility: 1. Your Pell Grant amount is determined by your SAI (Student Aid Index), cost of attendance, and enrollment status. 2. As long as you don't change any information that would affect your SAI calculation (income, household size, assets, etc.), making corrections will NOT affect your Pell Grant amount. 3. The $7,395 maximum Pell for 2024-2025 is awarded to students with an SAI of 0 who are enrolled full-time. 4. The June 30th deadline has no impact on your Pell Grant amount - it's simply the last day to submit an initial FAFSA for that aid year. One final piece of advice: whenever making FAFSA corrections, take screenshots of your current SAI and EFC values before and after making changes, just to document that nothing substantial changed.

btw has anyone else noticed that the new fafsa portal is like 10000x more glitchy than the old one?? like why would they launch a completely broken system in the most important financial aid year ever?? my counselor said they've never seen this many problems in 15 years working in financial aid

UPDATE: I finally got this resolved! I want to share what worked in case anyone else has a similar issue. First, I took the advice about making a tiny correction (I added my middle initial) instead of adding a school code. After doing that, I called my school's financial aid office and specifically asked to speak with a financial aid counselor, not just the front desk. The counselor was able to see that my application was in their system but was stuck in a processing queue because of a flag related to my parents' marital status (which was correct in my application, just flagged for some reason). She manually reviewed it and cleared the flag. Three days later, I got my official financial aid package with the full Pell Grant amount ($7,395) intact! So thankfully all that worry was for nothing, but the stress was real. Thanks everyone for your help and advice!