FAFSA and grad school applications

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<p>Sorry for the duplicate post - I put this on the financial aid site but have no responses, and thought maybe someone here could help…</p>

<p>D is applying to grad schools. Some will require and consider her information only; others require hers + mine, and, the FAFSA itself says that parental information is not required based on “if you answer YES to any one of these questions” - the qualifying “YES” being that she will be (assuming acceptances) in a masters, phd etc. program for the 2007-2008 school year. </p>

<p>We have an existing FAFSA, initiated in preparation for her undergrad applications, renewed now * four years. I have the pin numbers and password for that FAFSA. </p>

<p>My question is - should she use that existing FAFSA, file as a renewal, and simply update the information with the new schools, etc., and minus the parental information? Or, should we both update that existing FAFSA, even if some of her schools will not require my financials? </p>

<p>Or, should she start a whole new FAFSA? </p>

<p>Seems like this should be obvious to me, but for some reason it’s making my head hurt.</p>

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<p>well I havent looked at the grad school apps- but I would assume FAFSA is FAFSA
so
you could try to just renew the existing FAFSA- but making sure that it is clear that she will be attending new schools- and that she would have a BA
Also should be able to use same PIN
To submit FAFSA- try the technique that students use when submitting to more than 6 schools.
First submit to the schools that ask for the parent info,
then once that has been cleared- resubmit to the schools that don’t need the parent info ( or vice versa- which ever schools she is giving priority to)</p>

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<p>I can only tell you what we’ve done in this circumstance - two D’s in grad school, one in professional program, other in humanities. We have simply renewed the undergrad FAFSA - same pin etc and provided only the information requested by the schools. The professional program wants EVERYTHING - parents included. The humanities does not. No one has complained, so I’m assuming this has been the correct approach.</p>

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<p>I used the existing FAFSA. It was a bit different, but (fingers crossed) it should work out OK</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses, that helps. Weird that the website doesn’t have this covered in FAQ…</p>

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<p>We’ll be updating the old one…tomorrow night…and sending it with DS’s info only to his grad schools.</p>

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<p>D used her existing FAFSA pin when she entered grad school and filed the FAFSA.Shes humanities and didnt require any parental info…</p>