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FAFSA Challenges - What did you do?! Coffee Talk
We had a great live Coffee Talk about FAFSA at the Foundant Summit Conference. Here are some comments from the participants, grouped by theme. Please add thoughts & ideas of your own - We can revisit this next year when we do it all again! FAFSA CHAOS: WHAT DID YOU DO?! We bailed on the whole FAFSA thing and instead went…
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How to handle FAFSA delays in scholarship judging?
Hello, I'm a newer admin and first time post-writer. Our scholarships give consideration to FAFSA results, but this year there are major difficulties for students in completing the FAFSA form. How have you handled this issue? Financial need isn't among our highest priorities, so I'm considering removing the FAFSA questions…
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EFC to SAI change
After researching FAFSA changes I am in a state of confusion. I realize FAFSA changes were scheduled to go into effect on 07-01-23. I have found conflicting dates related to the EFC to SAI change. Our scholarship application opens October 1, 2022 and closes March 1, 2023. We typically ask students to list their EFC and…
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3rd Party Question- Scholarships
I'm in the process of building a branching question around the student Expected Family Contribution (EFC) off the upload of the FAFSA report. When I tried to build the branching rule, I was unable to do so. Does anyone know how to build a branching question from a file upload? Is this even possible to do? Thanks
