FAFSA confirmation of processing- how long does it take? Forum

[twinkletoes16]

Anyone? Just submitted my first round of FAFSA and have to submit again for my other schools i couldn't fit on the list. A day? A week?


Also feel free to talk about how much Needaccess sucks ITT

[yarsten]

Mine took two days, though it was a weekend. Should be pretty quick.
Also, Needaccess sucks.

[twinkletoes16]

Mine took two days, though it was a weekend. Should be pretty quick.
Also, Needaccess sucks.

it is making my brain hurt. thanks for the heads up- looks like i will submit the rest tomorrow then i'm guessing, no big.


medical/dental payments? what? RISERYWB($VPW#BEUP@N#PW

[spicyyoda17]

Mine took two days, though it was a weekend. Should be pretty quick.
Also, Needaccess sucks.

it is making my brain hurt. thanks for the heads up- looks like i will submit the rest tomorrow then i'm guessing, no big.


medical/dental payments? what? RISERYWB($VPW#BEUP@N#PW

As someone who is awaiting one final piece of tax information, what can you tell me about NeedAccess in terms of preparation that is non-obvious? Medical/dental expenses . . . what else?

Looking forward to bashing NeedAccess shortly!

Thanks

[mg7]

Yeah mine just took a couple days as well.
Also, NeedAccess sucks indeed.

In regards to this:

As someone who is awaiting one final piece of tax information, what can you tell me about NeedAccess in terms of preparation that is non-obvious? Medical/dental expenses . . . what else?

Looking forward to bashing NeedAccess shortly!

Thanks

I don't remember everything, but these things stuck out to me as unexpected: You need to be able to say how much assistance your parents gave you the past year and also over the course of your entire undergrad career. In addition, you need to know how much debt you have (all kinds of debt- student loans, credit card, car payments, mortgage, etc.) Annnnd, you need to essentially give them your entire budget for the year of 2013 - how much you expect to earn this year, how much you expect to pay in taxes, how much you expect to spend on medical things, etc.

[twinkletoes16]

Mine took two days, though it was a weekend. Should be pretty quick.
Also, Needaccess sucks.

it is making my brain hurt. thanks for the heads up- looks like i will submit the rest tomorrow then i'm guessing, no big.


medical/dental payments? what? RISERYWB($VPW#BEUP@N#PW

As someone who is awaiting one final piece of tax information, what can you tell me about NeedAccess in terms of preparation that is non-obvious? Medical/dental expenses . . . what else?

Looking forward to bashing NeedAccess shortly!

Thanks

Not a whole lot more from what I can tell. Just annoying...

for medical- does this include buying cough drops? advil? toothpaste? should I just assume I spent $30 on medical and dental things altogether?

[voytek]

for medical- does this include buying cough drops? advil? toothpaste? should I just assume I spent $30 on medical and dental things altogether?

First off, advil is candy and should be treated as such on Need Access.

For real though, I'm pretty sure that field is just if you have any significant expenditures that would affect your financial situation. For instance, I know CLS says that if you have any change over $300 that you should let them know.

To answer your main question, I submitted my FAFSA yesterday afternoon and already got a "processed successfully" email a few hours ago.

[sunshinegirl]

I haven't read through all the Need Access instructions, but was wondering how we're supposed to come up with figures for things like medical expenses and financial support provided by parents. Should I be digging through my old receipts and bank statements or are we just supposed to estimate those amounts?

[PRgradBYU]

Need Access is ridiculous. Do they really expect us to accurately predict future expenditures?