After submitting your FAFSA®, you’ll receive a FAFSA®Submission Summary, which will give you information about your financial aid eligibility. When you receive your Submission Summary, you may notice a mistake requiring a correction or an update you must make. Regardless of the changes you ...
Once you’ve submitted your FAFSA®, you may be wondering how you can view the status of your application. Continue reading to learn more.
To do so, you can visitStudentAid.govto access the FAFSA. You'll need to have or create an FSA ID to log in. In addition to being able to access the form, those who've already completed the new FAFSA are noticing the changes. "We have heard from students and families that the new...
Important changes to FAFSA filing dates One big change to the FAFSA has been the new filing window. After numerous delays and trying to remedy last year's issues, the 2025–2026 FAFSA is set to open on December 1, a few months later than the historical date of October 1...
Also, send any corrections as soon as possible if you need to make corrections on the FAFSA form. For the 2024-2025 school year, modifications/updates need to be sent by 11:59 p.m. CT on September 14, 2025. Will I get more federal aid if I finish the application as early as possib...
If you are renewing your FAFSA form, your information from last year will roll over to the current year, so make sure that your information is correct. If the application requires parent information, you can create a “save key”, or a temporary password that allows the parent and child to...
But if you're married and file jointly and a few months later you want to make changes to your taxes and file separately, Zimmelman says you won't be able to change it. "On the other hand, if you file separate returns and then later realize you should have filed jointly, you ca...
Thefull multi-step Common App processrequires at least as much work, if not more thanfilling out the FAFSA. And every section in the admissions process is incredibly important if your student is going to gain entry into one of their preferred schools successfully. ...
There are several changes to the treatment of dependent students whose parents are divorced or separated, to better align the FAFSA with federal income tax returns. The parent responsible for filing the FAFSA will be based on whichever parent provides more financial support to the student, not the...
The simplified FAFSA has reduced the overall number of factors—and made changes to certain factors—in the formula to calculate the SAI amount. Here are some of the factors that were considered in the old EFC but will not be included in the SAI calculation—and some of the changes to the...