<p>Just a quick comment. I filed FAFSA forms for the first time in 2007 because we had two students in college and I felt that we might finally qualify for some aid. So I filed the FAFSA for my younger MT D by Feb. 15, 2007 based on the 2005 taxes, but I did not file for my older D who is a senior at a college in Florida until July. I was not certain what would happen with that, but she got the FAFSA funding we desired plus a little bit more scholarship from her school based on the new financial picture with her sister in college too. The only glitch was that the funding was not available until Sept. and the tuition was due like August 1. So what we did was let it stay in her account, and we owed A LOT less in December that we would have. That felt good! </p>
<p>Anyway, the point is that you should try to abide by FAFSA’s and your child’s school’s rules obviously, but nothing is absolute in the FAFSA world based on what happened to us.</p>