Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college
- Parents and students are waiting for financial aid decisions from colleges based on FAFSA applications.
- Errors in the FAFSA application process are causing delays and stress for students like Noyola.
- The Education Department acknowledges issues with the application process and is working to ensure accuracy.
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FAFSA problems: Iowa families report delays with financial aid information
A revamped effort to make filling out your Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is not passing with a lot of students who are still waiting to get their financial aid awarded from colleges or universities.
Vermont families deal with college financial aid delays
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Parents and students on the verge of entering college are struggling to determine where they should go.The financial aid decisions that usually go out with acceptance letters are being delayed this year because of a later-than-expected rollout of a revised Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form commonly known as FAFSA that schools use to compute financial aid. The result: Students and their parents are puttin…

Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college
For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they’ll get the financial aid they need to attend.
FAFSA delays prompt Pa. universities to extend freshmen deadlines
By Maddie Aiken, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)Pennsylvania’s 10 state universities will extend their new-student commitment deadlines by at least two weeks amid delays associated with the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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