FAFSA delays leave students seeking advice on paying for college without crucial information on financial aid.
Selam Demeke, 18, of Alexandria, Va., attends an event for students to get help with their FAFSA forms.
“Colleges can’t tell us how much it costs to attend till they get our FAFSA,” Aaron Mengesha, a 17-year-old from Silver Spring, Md., said, referring to the form Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, uses to calculate a student’s eligibility for grants and loans to pay for college.
“They’re getting their acceptance offers from universities,” Cook said. “But they’re not getting the aid offers.” The problem is much more than paperwork: Higher education experts worry the delays and problems with the form will discourage students from enrolling in college this year, especially those from underserved communities.
This FAFSA cycle has become a painful test of a new financial aid system that higher education experts agree will ultimately deliver more money for millions of students to pay for college. Three years ago, Congress directed the Education Department to reduce the number of questions on the financial aid form and increase the amount of income shielded from a
said Kevin Mungin, director of programs for the College Success Foundation. Surrounded by students typing on laptops and talking with staff members, he said everyone keeps asking how long it will take the government to process their forms, then how long it will take the colleges to process the information, then how long until they get letters with their financial aid offers. The hardest part, he said, is trying to keep students and parents calm “even though you’re talking about your future.
He told them schools can’t give them a precise aid offer until they have the federal data. Then the students will
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