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🚨 YOU CAN NOW MAKE CORRECTIONS TO YOUR FAFSA!

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Daniela Murguia
April 29, 2024

🚨 DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS? 🚨

On April 9, 2024, the US Department of Education (ED) announced that students can make corrections to their FAFSA form starting the week of April 15-19. 

The Department of Education has also started processing submitted FAFSAs, meaning you can finally make corrections to your financial aid application!  However, due to more FAFSA delays, financial aid award letters may be delayed, so you might see a financial award letter at the earliest in mid-to-late May. 

The sooner you correct your FAFSA, the more accurate your financial aid offers will be!

Keep reading to learn how to correct your FAFSA form so financial aid offices can make accurate offers.

HOW TO MAKE CORRECTIONS

You can now make corrections/updates, such as adding schools, providing a signature, allowing for IRS data to be shared, etc. Check the status of your FAFSA by:

  • Logging into your StudentAid.gov account,

  • Then click the “My Activity” tab,

  • If you see “Action Required” on your application status, then you have corrections to make.

Most of these corrections should take a few minutes to fix, and schools will receive updated ISIRs within a few days. Visit this page for step-by-step instructions on making corrections depending on the changes you need to make. Visit our Website for Scholarships $$$

WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW? 

Make all your corrections and submit ASAP!!! The sooner you make corrections, the sooner your application can be processed and sent to your college(s) to prepare an award offer for you!

Stay in touch with your college! Continue to check the enrollment deadline directory to see any updated deadlines from the college(s) you applied to. Reach out directly to your college’s financial aid office for updates or questions you might have. 

Get help applying for Financial Aid! Ask for support. Contact your local community colleges, community centers, and organizations for potential financial aid events during the Springtime. 

  • Use this Padlet with many updated resources to help you complete financial aid and admissions applications.

  • 📆 MAY 21 - 22, 2024: If you live in Yakima, WA, attend Yakima Valley College’s financial aid workshops this spring to help you and your families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA). YVC staff will be available to help answer questions in both English and Spanish. These workshops are open to the community and free of charge.

  • 🦉Use the FAFSA LIVE chat and phone assistance to get help!

Continue applying for scholarships! Millions upon millions of free scholarship money go unused, and the more scholarships you apply to, the more likely you are to go to school debt-free! Visit our Scholarship Bank!

Explore the many educational options for you after high school! Learn more about College & Career Pathways.

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    It's a fun opportunity to learn about living wage/lucrative careers in the construction trades, and exhibitors feature almost every craft imaginable, from carpentry to sheet metal, electrical linework to elevator construction, ironwork to masonry, firefighting to meat cutting. Almost all exhibitors provide a hands-on experience while sharing info about opportunities in the construction trades.
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    Daniela & the Scholarship Junkies Team

LOOKING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS?

We believe in 100% debt-free education. We have helped thousands of students just like you pay for college and reach their dreams.

Stay ahead of the curve and use our Scholarship Bank, where our scholarships are organized by upcoming deadlines, so you are always ONLY looking at scholarships that are STILL open! Our team has hand-picked a few scholarships in our Featured section that are due between now and mid–to late May. Check them out now!

WASHINGTON STATE UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

The WASFA (Washington Application for State Financial Aid) is running smoothly and is not impacted by the FAFSA delays. 

After you complete your WASFA application:

  • Your information will be available within 24 hours to all prospective schools listed in your application.

  • The financial aid offices will use the information submitted in your WASFA to prepare a financial aid offer with the amount and types of state aid you are eligible for.

  • If you have any questions about the financial aid award process, timeline, or your SAI, please check with your school’s financial aid office. Only your school can provide you with this information.

If you need to make any changes to your application once you have submitted it, please log back into the Student WASFA Home Page and follow these steps:

  • Select the application that needs to be updated

  • Make the necessary changes

  • Save your application

  • Electronically re-sign your application. If a parent previously signed it, you will need to invite them to re-sign it.

    • You will not be able to edit your application, and your schools will not be able to see your updated application until the parent signature is complete.

Lastly, keep applying for scholarships! Many scholarships are open to undocumented students. Use our scholarship bank and begin searching!

Haven’t applied for financial aid yet? It’s not too late to apply!!!

We will see you next month for our May Newsletter, where we will discuss understanding financial award letters and making a decision! Stay tuned!

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Cheers,

Daniela & the Scholarship Junkies Team