Can I be jailed for this?

LeastComplicated
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:20:56 +0000

“it’s kind of weird because some colleges accept my fin aid documents and some dont”

It probably depends the financial aid staff’s level of experience. Colleges with more experienced staff members would be the ones most likely to notice the error in your FAFSA. However, don’t assume that just because one or more colleges don’t notice the mistake, it won’t be discovered eventually.

Repeating everyone else - report the mistake to the college/s that you are still considering so that you don’t get into trouble and that you have accurate financial aid figures to make sound decisions.

You need to do this even though your scholarship is merit based.