What happenes if you last name changes?

njmissy13
Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:48:18 +0000

Hmmm - good question. But that leads to another question - a last name would only change for two reasons. One is if you are adopted - which I would think could be overcome easily enough by getting your name changed for your social security number and then providing the documentation about why it changed and your new social security card to the school. The other reason would be if you got married or divorced - which would change the FAFSA completely - but since FAFSA is a snapshot in time - it shouldn’t impact aid for that year - but could in the following years. Again - I would think proper documentation would be all that was required to give to the school.