New FAFSA Launches Early to Cautiously Positive Reception

"Applying for financial aid looks like it’ll be a much less bumpy process for college-bound students and their parents this coming academic year compared to the glitch-filled debacle that roiled the higher education world in 2024," Yahoo Finance reports.

... "Organizations that work with families and financial aid administrators told Yahoo Finance that the FAFSA does mostly appear to be working as intended this time around, with some students reporting that the process only took 10 or 15 minutes to complete."

"Still, they said that the form could still use some tweaking."

"'We are feeling good that students can go in and can apply for financial aid, which last year they couldn’t,' said Jill Desjean, a senior policy analyst at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 'Are we saying everything is perfect and there is no work to be done? No, there is still work to be done.'"

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Publication Date: 11/27/2024

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