<p>Last year when my son was an incoming Freshman, I filled out the FAFSA. It came up with an EFC of $99,999. LOL. So here is the question: if I don’t fill it out this year and then the following year our situation changes and I do want to fill it out will that be a problem?</p>
<p>Not at my S’s school. We didn’t apply the first two years, but because of a change of circumstances, we did the third. There was no problem about that, and we did get aid.</p>
<p>Well…there are some schools that will not award finaid in subsequent years if you don’t APPLY when your kid is a freshman. I know that sounds odd…but that is true. However, can you skip a year in the middle…hm…I guess I would check with the college. BUT I also think you should fill it out this year. Your EFC might be $99,999 now, but what if (heaven forbid) you and your spouse both lost your jobs, or someone became quite ill, or some other financial issue happened DURING the upcoming school year? If that happened, you would probably at least hope that the school would reconsider your finaid, and they won’t do it without those forms on file (to be amended of course). In the case of a crisis, the last thing you would want to do is fill out the FAFSA.</p>
<p>thumper1, good advice. unfortunately we have covered all contingencies and there is no chance of our EFC decreasing at least during the next school year.</p>