The FAFSA/CSS-PROFILE trap

Leonard
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:25:20 +0000

“— That’s beside the point. There should be no gap.”

Well in that case, a school has to rely on the numbers generated by FAFSA/PROFILE…



The point is that the numbers generated by the FAFSA are precisely the source of the gap. Relying on the unreliable is the problem, not the solution.

I don’t think this is leading anywhere, unfortunately. It seems to be degenerating into circularity or worse. See my original post: The FAFSA can produce distorted results bearing no relation to reality. I’m not talking about parental irresponsibility or tightfistedness; I’m talking about real-world ability to pay. I’m not the first person to have ever noticed that. It’s not just an opinion.

I thought there might be parents who had addressed this problem, and perhaps found a solution. But there won’t be any solutions forthcoming unless and until the reality of the problem is recognized, and it doesn’t seem to get much recognition here. Which seems very strange to me.