Thank you. This makes sense to me.
I graduated high school last June. Right now, I’m IN my gap year. When my father and I were still following the original plan to attend UCD, we could afford to wait on filling out the FAFSA because on my portal it said I had until June. You might still be inclined to ask the same question–“If the portal opened up in October, still, why wait until now?” Well, we moved to California in August. The house underwent some renovations for awhile, and we even did a lot of work ourselves to save money (at the expense of time). In September and November, we visited our family in SoCal. Then my dad broke his wrist and I had to take care of him for several weeks. FAFSA was on my mind for awhile until I eventually forgot about it. These are all excuses, but the truth is my dad and I had other priorities and things on our mind.
After I applied to VT and Hollins, well that all changed. Now everyday I login to CC to check recent threads, I’m learning more about the finance expenses of each option available to me–I became more active, really.
So to answer your question… I decided to apply to VT and Hollins only recently. For VT, the FAFSA is due on March 1st. But for Hollins, it is due today. I only took so long because I had to work up the courage to tell my dad everything on a day when he was not moody. Then I waited even longer to give him time to accept that I might move. Finally, I was able to ask for his help to file the FAFSA, as he now knew that we were not completing it early for UCD, but for VT and Hollins.