Financial Aid/FASFA question

glassharmonica
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:13:53 +0000

ActingDad, I’ve been through this four times (it’s only due early the year before you apply.) You can do an estimated FAFSA. Just extrapolate from last year’s returns or fill in the number straight from last year. Then, after you file your real taxes, just go back in and correct it. We don’t even have all our W2s and 1099s by January 31 and some of those finaid applications are due Feb 1. But it’s easy to amend a FAFSA. I would not advise you to risk missing out on a merit award because your application was late. (A number of schools require FAFSA even for merit awards.)