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defrutamadre · Post by **defrutamadre** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:22 pm

Being abroad during the application cycle seemed like an okay idea at first, but it stomps on any excitement I have about ASWs! even thinking about the price of a flight from where I am to boston is making me sweat

Elston Gunn · Post by **Elston Gunn** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:10 am

yankees42789 wrote:
Elston Gunn wrote: Well as soon as they open up again, I'm sure you can call and at least get your email. The rest of the packet is pretty unexciting.

And, ha! I went to high school with yankees42789!
Talk about small world. Also, I attribue everything to our AP Gov class.

Yeah, well Dr. Deess did have a PhD from Harvard, so naturally he must have made a few calls.

sailboat · Post by **sailboat** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:31 am

Tom in Ohio wrote:She told me the first week in February.

Hi all, another new KB2-er here! Just chiming in to say that she told me the letter wouldn't go out until "after the holidays" - of course that could be February, but I read it to mean the first part of January. We can hope...

Also, for those of us who got KB2s in the last couple days, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get the @law.harvard.edu email addresses until after the New Year, too... I would guess the office is closed tomorrow, and it's definitely closed next week. I'm just eternally grateful she didn't make us wait until after the holidays for the KB2s.

blueandorange · Post by **blueandorange** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 5:19 pm

I'm incredibly honored to be able to post on this board..just got my KB2 call yesterday! is this real life?

I believe that KB said that our letters would be mailed out during the first week of january but I could be wrong.

Curious1 · Post by **Curious1** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:06 pm

blueandorange wrote:I'm incredibly honored to be able to post on this board..just got my KB2 call yesterday! is this real life?

I believe that KB said that our letters would be mailed out during the first week of january but I could be wrong.

Congrats! What a great Christmas present right?

freestallion · Post by **freestallion** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:43 am

Very excited; got my package in the mail yesterday! It was dated the 20th, so it might have arrived sometime over the weekend (I was out of town). So, whoever said they aren't sending out packets until the new year/feb is probably wrong...

Does anyone know what time the admitted students weekend starts on March 3? I am trying to figure out if I should fly in the day before or really early that morning (and also, when to fly out). Flights are *really* cheap now so I want to book them.

Zelda · Post by **Zelda** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:33 am

Why does every school seem to have a different financial aid process? Am I correct in thinking basically for now we just need to worry about filing the FAFSA (available yesterday) and the Need Access Form (available tomorrow)?

Harvard's Financial Aid page is pretty overwhelming.

Also, how is everyone doing turning down scholarships from T-14 for $0 at HLS. It is causing me serious anxiety.

(Disclaimer: OBVIOUSLY still incredibly happy and thankful to be in at HLS, and I know none of us should be *complaining*, but still).

thederangedwang · Post by **thederangedwang** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:51 pm

Zelda wrote:Why does every school seem to have a different financial aid process? Am I correct in thinking basically for now we just need to worry about filing the FAFSA (available yesterday) and the Need Access Form (available tomorrow)?

Harvard's Financial Aid page is pretty overwhelming.

Also, how is everyone doing turning down scholarships from T-14 for $0 at HLS. It is causing me serious anxiety.

(Disclaimer: OBVIOUSLY still incredibly happy and thankful to be in at HLS, and I know none of us should be *complaining*, but still).

from what i read on the HLS asw fin aid website, its the only thing we can do. We cant login until feb (i tried too and couldnt)

MumofCad · Post by **MumofCad** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:55 pm

thederangedwang wrote:
Zelda wrote:Why does every school seem to have a different financial aid process? Am I correct in thinking basically for now we just need to worry about filing the FAFSA (available yesterday) and the Need Access Form (available tomorrow)?

Harvard's Financial Aid page is pretty overwhelming.

Also, how is everyone doing turning down scholarships from T-14 for $0 at HLS. It is causing me serious anxiety.

(Disclaimer: OBVIOUSLY still incredibly happy and thankful to be in at HLS, and I know none of us should be *complaining*, but still).
from what i read on the HLS asw fin aid website, its the only thing we can do. We cant login until feb (i tried too and couldnt)

Well we need to do our taxes first to even fill out the FAFSA stuff so I guess it doesn't matter too much. We won't get W-2s for a awhile. More waiting - yippeee!

Zelda · Post by **Zelda** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:02 am

MumofCad wrote:
thederangedwang wrote:
Zelda wrote:Why does every school seem to have a different financial aid process? Am I correct in thinking basically for now we just need to worry about filing the FAFSA (available yesterday) and the Need Access Form (available tomorrow)?

Harvard's Financial Aid page is pretty overwhelming.

Also, how is everyone doing turning down scholarships from T-14 for $0 at HLS. It is causing me serious anxiety.

(Disclaimer: OBVIOUSLY still incredibly happy and thankful to be in at HLS, and I know none of us should be *complaining*, but still).
from what i read on the HLS asw fin aid website, its the only thing we can do. We cant login until feb (i tried too and couldnt)
Well we need to do our taxes first to even fill out the FAFSA stuff so I guess it doesn't matter too much. We won't get W-2s for a awhile. More waiting - yippeee!

You don't need your taxes from 2011 to do the FAFSA. I spoke with some representatives today. You are only supposed to estimate. You also indicated that you "will file" a tax return for the year.

thederangedwang · Post by **thederangedwang** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:05 am

yeah, i thought we could use our old forms if we havent done new ones yet

kulshan · Post by **kulshan** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:51 am

Though you can estimate, I always just do my taxes right away and then fill out the FAFSA at the same time. I make peanuts anyway, so it's not hard for me to finish the whole ordeal in a couple of hours.

MumofCad · Post by **MumofCad** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:15 am

Problem is that we changed our income last year pretty substantially. Taxes are also alot more complicated when you have tons of deductions - mortgages, dependents, etc. So we really have to wait to even guess our adjusted gross income. Back when I was single, it wouldn't be anything, but when you've got a husband who does alot of consulting on the side, has a full-time job and you have the same and then have 3 kids, etc. etc. etc. I'm so glad he deals with it and not me!

thederangedwang · Post by **thederangedwang** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:58 am

hey guys, working on my fafsa now.

So on the bottom of my dependency status tab, it says

You are considered an "independent" student. This means you are not required to answer questions about your parents.However, you may want to answer questions about your parents if:
you are a health profession student (such as a medical or nursing student), or
your school requires parental information from all students.

Am I correct in NOT filling out parental information?

EDIT: I think I got my answer, this is from the harvard law fin aid website
http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... fafsa.html

The Federal government considers all graduate students to be independent for the purposes of determining eligibility for federal loans. Therefore, you only need to complete the student (and spouse, if applicable) sections of this form. Parent information is not required on the FAFSA for graduate students

ladybug89 · Post by **ladybug89** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:04 pm

thederangedwang wrote:hey guys, working on my fafsa now.

So on the bottom of my dependency status tab, it says

You are considered an "independent" student. This means you are not required to answer questions about your parents.However, you may want to answer questions about your parents if:
you are a health profession student (such as a medical or nursing student), or
your school requires parental information from all students.

Am I correct in NOT filling out parental information?

EDIT: I think I got my answer, this is from the harvard law fin aid website
http://www.law.harvard.edu/current/sfs/ ... fafsa.html

The Federal government considers all graduate students to be independent for the purposes of determining eligibility for federal loans. Therefore, you only need to complete the student (and spouse, if applicable) sections of this form. Parent information is not required on the FAFSA for graduate students

but that's just for federal loans, right? has nothing to do with HLS grant aid?

thederangedwang · Post by **thederangedwang** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:16 pm

well, doesnt HLS take the FAFSA stuff into account when determining grant aid? IDK, I could be wrong.

BlakcMajikc · Post by **BlakcMajikc** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:34 am

thederangedwang wrote:well, doesnt HLS take the FAFSA stuff into account when determining grant aid? IDK, I could be wrong.

The HLS FinAid office will request your parents financial information in their own set of forms. Doesn't really matter what FAFSA requires.

MumofCad · Post by **MumofCad** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:10 am

BlakcMajikc wrote:
thederangedwang wrote:well, doesnt HLS take the FAFSA stuff into account when determining grant aid? IDK, I could be wrong.
The HLS FinAid office will request your parents financial information in their own set of forms. Doesn't really matter what FAFSA requires.

Yep, h won't consider you independant unless you are over 29 or can prove your parents are not in your life. But I think they only consider a portion if you are over 26 and it decreases each year. It has this info somewhere on the site, I remember there being a link for it early in the H main thread.

Tom in Ohio · Post by **Tom in Ohio** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:51 pm

MumofCad wrote:Problem is that we changed our income last year pretty substantially. Taxes are also alot more complicated when you have tons of deductions - mortgages, dependents, etc. So we really have to wait to even guess our adjusted gross income. Back when I was single, it wouldn't be anything, but when you've got a husband who does alot of consulting on the side, has a full-time job and you have the same and then have 3 kids, etc. etc. etc. I'm so glad he deals with it and not me!

Similar situation here. My wife and I have a total of five W-2's, she's a full-time student, 2 kids, and rental property as well. Unfortunately, I do our taxes.

sailboat · Post by **sailboat** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:05 pm

I've been assigned my @jd15.law.harvard.edu email address (yay!) but doesn't look like my admissions package has been sent yet. I know I should just chill but I really can't wait for it to get here.

Lily Pad · Post by **Lily Pad** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:00 pm

Checking in! Just got a KB2, never thought I would be lucky enough to join this thread. Looking forward to meeting some of you at ASW!

caminante · Post by **caminante** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:51 pm

Checking in as well! Beyond excited to have gotten my KB2 today.

Blessedassurance · Post by **Blessedassurance** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:55 pm

sailboat wrote:I've been assigned my @jd15.law.harvard.edu email address (yay!) but doesn't look like my admissions package has been sent yet. I know I should just chill but I really can't wait for it to get here.

How long did it take post-admission to receive that?

Also, checking in.

Tom in Ohio · Post by **Tom in Ohio** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:15 pm

sailboat wrote:I've been assigned my @jd15.law.harvard.edu email address (yay!) but doesn't look like my admissions package has been sent yet. I know I should just chill but I really can't wait for it to get here.

Did you get that via email? I ask because I think we received our KB2's on the same day (12/22).

Thanks.

richyrich · Post by **richyrich** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:39 pm

Also had my KB2 today... Thank you KB for calling me on a Friday! A most excellent night of celebratory revelry awaits!

Happy to be joining the rest of you on this thread!

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