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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eagerly anticipating problems? For now, nothing bad has happened, OP. FAFSA is delayed a bit. Odds are it will all turn out fine. [/quote]

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

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.
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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.[/quote]

PP you replied to. [b]Not really. I have a freshman in college, and I distinctly remember he had two months to pick a dorm[/b]. 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.
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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.[/quote]

For rising freshmen? In January? Please cite.[/quote]

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.
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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.[/quote]

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