For those of you who haven't heard of FAFSA, I'll take a minute to explain it. FAFSA is an acronym for "Free Application for Federal Student Aid" Its a government program that analyzes your current financial situation (and that of your parents if you are considered dependent) in order to determine what amount of financial need you have. If you qualify, FAFSA will set you up with federal grants and loans.
I filed my FAFSA for this semester for my local community college and according to the government, I qualify for a substantial loan but no grants. Apparently, with my leaky roof, and call center job, I make too much money to qualify. Anyway, I signed up for the loans and provided the important documents to my school well before the date I was told would be the cutoff.
This morning, I checked my student portal (an online scheduler and communication forum for students within the Maricopa Community College District) and received a notice saying that I would not be qualifying for financial Aid. They listed two reasons; during my previous year at the school I withdrew from over 33% of my classes, and I missed the filing deadline.
You can imagine my surprise at having already attained a degree two years ago, purchased with FAFSA money, that it would be difficult to believe I didn't qualify because of something that happened 6 years ago. Also, I made sure I submitted my paperwork well within the allotted timeframe. The date written on my paperwork from the admissions staff isn't for another week!
It looks like tomorrow I will be visiting the administration office and demanding some answers.
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