<p>I procrastinated. Yeah. Didn’t think Cornell’s deadline would be Jan 1.</p>
<p>Send us signed copies of your most recent federal or foreign income tax return. Be sure to include all schedules and W-2 forms. If you do not file income tax returns please contact our office.</p>
<p>I don’t even work. Well, I sort of tutor other kids in SATs, but I only get paid if they improve by a certain amount so I haven’t really been paid anythign yet. </p>
<p>I don’t think I filed income tax returns so should I just contact them? Or is it just a waste of time since the deadline has passed?</p>
<p>fastMEd~</p>
<p>This should not be a problem. In fact, two years ago, when my son was applying, I was <strong><em>SO</em></strong> sure that he’d be rejected from certain schools that I hadn’t bothered to fully complete the finaid stuff for a couple of those schools (though I had done the FAFSA and the CSS Profile). To my utter shock, he <em>was</em> accepted to two of those schools, and I had to scramble to get the tax forms and certain other paperwork in…and this was in APRIL!!! :eek: Both schools were wonderful about it. The reason why they want all of the paperwork in is because they want to be able to send you a finaid package WITH the acceptance, if there is one. In our case, S received the acceptances, but we had to wait (nervously!!) for the finaid stuff, which in both cases was exceedingly generous, despite the lapses in getting the forms in. So, go ahead and contact Cornell, but don’t worry…they should take your finaid stuff when you get it in. </p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>thanks, that makes me feel much better.
by the way, Cornell asks for students to send their own income tax forms.
I don’t file income tax…</p>
<p>Last year my S was accepted to Cornell well before March 30th (likely letter and Dean’s scholarship), and I didn’t send by then any papers, so I had daily calls to remind me that the papers were needed.</p>
<p>fastMEd, since you are a student, the college is expecting to receive the tax information of your parents, and not just yours. I am assuming that you, the student, are an SAT tutor, but that your parents have a source of income…</p>
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Yes, the schools ask for the tax forms for both studnts <em>and</em> parents. My son hadn’t filed a tax return either (it seemed like there was some place to mark that…), but of course we submitted ours.</p>
<p>~berurah</p>