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The number of students who filled out the federal aid form is down nearly 30 percent. The ramifications for access and enrollment could be devastating. In a typical year at LEAD Academy High School in Nashville, a college prep–focused charter school where Kelly Pietkiewicz used to work as a counselor, about 80 percent of students fill out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA). This year, with only a few weeks until graduation, that number has dropped to 20 percent.
As problems continue to beset the new FAFSA, most colleges are pushing their deposit deadlines into June. But some are still dragging their feet. What’s the hold up? The rocky rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid has wreaked havoc on colleges’ admission timelines.
Don't let the frustrations over the FAFSA keep you or your college student from filling it out.The U.S. Department of Education re-designed the Free Application