Does incomplete financial aid information effect admission chances?

nocensure
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:29:56 +0000

Hey guys,

I have a quick question. For Harvard, financial aid deadline for submitting tax returns is March 1st. Moreover they only want 2011 tax returns. The problem is the official deadline for submitting tax returns to the government is March 15th. My dad says that he will probably take up till then and might even file for an extension.

As a result, my financial aid application will remain incomplete.

Does this effect admissions in any chance? Assume one gets accepted (a very hard feat I know). Then this accepted candidate’s file goes to the financial aid office. They find out that the applicant has an unfinished aid application. Do would they reject the applicant then? And if they don’t then how would the applicant get aid?