fafsa fiasco - I think 2025 is going to pay (or benefit?)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious: are there any EA/ED families in DCUM-land whose decisions/acceptances were severely impacted by FAFSA delays? Were any schools unable to make offers? And if they did make offers, how did they do it (especially if they didn't traditionally use CSS)?

Offers?
Admission offers?
Merit Offers?
Financial aid offers?
What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The CSS has much more information than the FAFSA. So I think CSS schools are probably just going forward almost as usual. But I think many state schools only require FAFSA... those might have a lot of glitches this spring.

CSS schools are delayed getting their packages out

Ours wasn't. Came with acceptance mid December.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.

Yes for rising freshmen.
WVU opened housing selection in October. There are incoming freshmen (fall 2024) that have had their specific room reserved since then.
Alabama opened housing deposits in October. I don't know if selection has started yet, but selection goes in the order of when students put in their deposit. Many students put in their deposits in October so someone that waits till May will be at the end of the line.
Auburn's housing application opened on November 8. Auburn was actually the school I was specifically thinking of when I thought of students being shut out. I took a tour with one of my older kids a couple years ago and they were very explicit that there is not enough housing for all freshmen.

I'm sure there's many others too-those are just a few I knew off the top of my head.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.

Yes for rising freshmen.
WVU opened housing selection in October. There are incoming freshmen (fall 2024) that have had their specific room reserved since then.
Alabama opened housing deposits in October. I don't know if selection has started yet, but selection goes in the order of when students put in their deposit. Many students put in their deposits in October so someone that waits till May will be at the end of the line.
Auburn's housing application opened on November 8. Auburn was actually the school I was specifically thinking of when I thought of students being shut out. I took a tour with one of my older kids a couple years ago and they were very explicit that there is not enough housing for all freshmen.

I'm sure there's many others too-those are just a few I knew off the top of my head.

Why on earth apply to such crappy schools that they can't even house all their freshmen?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.

Yes for rising freshmen.
WVU opened housing selection in October. There are incoming freshmen (fall 2024) that have had their specific room reserved since then.
Alabama opened housing deposits in October. I don't know if selection has started yet, but selection goes in the order of when students put in their deposit. Many students put in their deposits in October so someone that waits till May will be at the end of the line.
Auburn's housing application opened on November 8. Auburn was actually the school I was specifically thinking of when I thought of students being shut out. I took a tour with one of my older kids a couple years ago and they were very explicit that there is not enough housing for all freshmen.

I'm sure there's many others too-those are just a few I knew off the top of my head.

So you admit your kid would have had a problem regardless? That it has actually nothing to do with a FAFSA delay, but just that you applied to those schools knowing you needed to wait for FAFSA?

This is on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious: are there any EA/ED families in DCUM-land whose decisions/acceptances were severely impacted by FAFSA delays? Were any schools unable to make offers? And if they did make offers, how did they do it (especially if they didn't traditionally use CSS)?

Have three offers and no FA package yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

So you think the way it happened at the ONE school you have experience with is the way it is at every school?

Housing has already opened (and has been open for several months) at MANY schools.

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.

Yes for rising freshmen.
WVU opened housing selection in October. There are incoming freshmen (fall 2024) that have had their specific room reserved since then.
Alabama opened housing deposits in October. I don't know if selection has started yet, but selection goes in the order of when students put in their deposit. Many students put in their deposits in October so someone that waits till May will be at the end of the line.
Auburn's housing application opened on November 8. Auburn was actually the school I was specifically thinking of when I thought of students being shut out. I took a tour with one of my older kids a couple years ago and they were very explicit that there is not enough housing for all freshmen.

I'm sure there's many others too-those are just a few I knew off the top of my head.

So you admit your kid would have had a problem regardless? That it has actually nothing to do with a FAFSA delay, but just that you applied to those schools knowing you needed to wait for FAFSA?

This is on you.

What are you talking about? I never said this was about my kid. My kid already know which school he is going to (it isn't one of the above) and housing is not a problem.
Just because my kid isn't having a problem doesn't mean I think it's ok that other kids will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious: are there any EA/ED families in DCUM-land whose decisions/acceptances were severely impacted by FAFSA delays? Were any schools unable to make offers? And if they did make offers, how did they do it (especially if they didn't traditionally use CSS)?

Potentially yes on EA - especially if for some reason colleges are delaying the merit as well. Right now my kid has 5 acceptances but only has the full financial picture at one OOS that gave merit two weeks after acceptance in mid Nov and one in-state school where we would we would be full-pay. For example, this time last year University of Delaware already had merit offers for several weeks for kids that applied EA and had acceptances by Thanksgiving but this year still waiting.

[Anonymous]

My DC is a sophomore and even two years ago he was only required to submit the FAFSA by April (in-state public). Even that deadline wasn't firm. They could still process it later without impacting actual aid. For so many people the FAFSA is only access to loans. If the school is willing to offer merit, they'll do it. If they can replace some of that with federal dollars, they will later, it doesn't change the bottom line for the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet[b]. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

Nothing has failed yet? Tell me you haven’t followed this without telling me you haven’t followed this.

[Anonymous]

I like all the armchair experts who haven’t seen any of the posts by actual colleges this afternoon about this situation.

But please .. tell us more about your Larlo

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine.

delayed a bit? they announced today they won't get data to colleges til mid-march!

Well there you go then. Decisions aren't until May 1st, and perhaps this year they can push that back a bit. None of this is a problem.

A lot of schools have dorms that fill up fast. You have to put down your enrollment deposit, as well as your housing deposit, in order to sign up for housing. This could shut a student out of housing.

PP you replied to. Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm. If College decision day is pushed back a bit, then they can re-arrange the other deadlines.

Point is... I've there, I know you're all super stressed and operating on a hair trigger, but you have to calm down. Nothing has failed yet[b]. You can't control the process. Just breathe. Everything will be fine.

Nothing has failed yet? Tell me you haven’t followed this without telling me you haven’t followed this.

Yeah, it looks like this year's parents are panicking. Relax.

Read the poster with the sophomore. This has happened before, maybe not for the same reasons. You are owed nothing, and you should remember that. Beggars can't be choosers. I hope your kid also applied somewhere you could afford outright.