<p>You may have checked the box on the FAFSA that says “sign me up.” NO college can sign you up for the draft. You had to have done something that allowed you to be signed up.</p>
<p>btw: in addition to being eligible for federal loans, you must also be registered to apply for federal internships.</p>
<p>@ kelsmom: Nah, I just signed up for FAFSA a week or two ago, and I received my letter for signing up back in December. I don’t have a license, so it couldn’t have been that… I did read somewhere though that it was required to sign up for the SSS if you’re enrolled in a state university though, so that’s why I’m pretty sure that’s how I got signed up.</p>
<p>It’s certainly not required in my state (or any I know about). If it IS required by your state (or some state scholarship/grant program you applied for), you would have checked something somewhere that authorized it.</p>
<p>Would you be denied aid if you are 17 when you file FASFA and check the box saying that you’re not registered for the draft? I turn 18 three days after my graduation at the end of June… And when you register for the draft is there anyway to note that you are a conscientious objector?</p>
<p>Yes you will be denied aid if you do not register when you turn 18. You will be 18 before you start school so will need to be registered.</p>
<p>No, you would not be denied if you are still 17. The new FAFSA actually does not offer you the opportunity to say no … instead, you check the box stating that you want them to sign you up (at least that is what I recall from working with the new FAFSA demo).</p>
<p>You cannot note that you are a CO. When & if you are ever drafted, you will then deal with that issue. My friend is a Quaker, and he had to sign up for the draft … he would absolutely have been a CO if he were ever called up (which he was not, since we haven’t had a draft since Vietnam).</p>
<p>But as he will turn 18 before starting college wouldn’t he be denied? </p>
<p>Out of curiosity what happens if someone starts college at 17 then turns 18 part way through the year, say December of the freshman year? Do they have to register before they can get the spring aid? Or is it based on the status at the beginning of the year? (this is pure curiosity, my son is 23 and has been registered for a long time).</p>
<p>It turns out my S never got around to registering after he turned 18 last summer (not out of any objections, he just never did it).</p>
<p>Lo and behold, in December a letter showed up in the mail saying, in effect, “we notice you haven’t registered yet. If you have, please tell us your confirmation number; if not please register right away.”</p>
<p>He did not qualify for any grants and we didn’t take any gov’t loans, so it is not clear if there would have been any other ramifications.</p>
<p>He is now registered, though.</p>
<p>Some students might be able to slip through for the first semester or maybe even the first year if they weren’t required to register prior to filing the FAFSA. But any changes made to the FAFSA by school or student once a male student hits 18 will prompt an unofficial EFC if the student fails to sign up for SS (because the federal database is checked every time a FAFSA change is made). That will mean aid can be taken away (or no new disbursements, depending on timing of the birthday). </p>
<p>The easiest way to prevent this is to check the “sign me up” box on the FAFSA if you haven’t signed up yet.</p>
<p>Just to clarify: I’m going to be 16 when I submit FAFSA this year, with my 17th birthday in April. All I have to do is check the “sign me up” box on the FAFSA and I’ll be set?</p>
<p>You can do that … but to be on the safe side, when your 18th birthday rolls around, visit the selective service website to make sure you got signed up. Someone who posts here once said that her son had asked to be signed up & it didn’t happen. I don’t personally know of anyone that has happened to, but it could happen. Since SS registration is a big deal in terms of being compliant for federal aid (and other things), it’s a good idea to double-check that it was taken care of.</p>
<p>But yes, from a financial aid point of view … that is, to make sure you get aid this year … check the box to be registered & you should be good to go.</p>
<p>One cool thing that I found after going to the Selective Service website was that males who are 17 years and 3 months old can actually sign up ahead of time, so that when they turn 18 it automatically processes it for you. I would still check after that but that seems like a good way for people to make sure that they don’t forget about this.</p>
<p>One little known fact is that if you are working in the medical field (all related degrees) you can be automatically drafted up to age 45 male or female. The key is “working” because that’s how they will find you. And they can do this because they will not require your physical abilities but rather your medical related abilities. Just an interesting FYI.</p>