does it matter which schools are not in your first 10

Paying for College
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Hello,

My child is applying to 11 places. I’m doing the fafsa now, and I see that I put in the 10, then later, after we get the Student Aid report, you do it again for the 11th.

Does the 11th school see the report in a different way than the first 10? Does it signal anything, and does it matter.

I’m also confused about a school like Vassar, which says, don’t send financial aid info until you complete application to the school. So I shouldn’t add Vassar until after my kid finishes her app? OR do they mean the CSS Profile.

The whole thing about putting a school in your state in the first position is only for public schools, right?

Thank you very much!

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It doesn’t matter. Schools can no longer see where or if you submitted the FAFSA or Profile to other schools.

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And it is okay to add Vassar. The schools ‘pull’ the FAFSA info when they are ready for it. If your child never applies, no harm, no foul.

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Some states require you to list an instate school in a certain order on FAFSA to be considered for state aid.

I our state grants apply to schools from community college to private instate schools, in different amounts.

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/school-list

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Thank you all!