<p>Can someone tell me what the point is of estimating your income just to meet deadlines, and then needing to update your fafsa etc. later on? Why not just miss the “deadline” and put in correct information? It’s not like they even do anything with rough estimates, right?</p>
<p>Yes, they do something with the rough estimates; they put together “expected” FA packages which then get adjusted when you send in the real numbers.</p>
<p>Miss the deadline and you get put in the back of the pack, and may miss out on funds you might otherwise have gotten.</p>