FAFSA Missing?

kelsmom
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:40:08 +0000

It is possible that something is incorrect in the school’s database for your D. You might want to see if they have the correct SSN … if their SSN is incorrect for her, the FAFSA might not match up. Also, sometimes a batch of FAFSA’s will get “stuck” or missed. If you are sure that all her info is correct at the school, and if you are certain that she put the correct school code for that particular campus of the school (not a branch campus, med school, or law school), then ask them to check to see if they can access her FAFSA at CPS Online. If they can, it means that a computer glitch kept them from receiving her FAFSA. They will need to work that out on their end. You might have to go up the chain of command to find someone who knows what you are talking about … or you might get someone who knows the back-end process the first time around.

I had to help more than one student who put the med school code instead of the main school code. We could see that the FAFSA was filed, but none of the info had imported into our system. The student had to fix the school code.

On the other hand, I have had students whose FAFSA’s got stuck somewhere in computer-land & we had to do a manual import. No idea what happened to keep it from coming in correctly!