Students must submit a signature page that slows the process a few days. Eventually, the department hopes to provide electronic signatures. Deadlines for submitting the forms vary by state and by college. Anne Sandoval, director of college counseling at Detroit Country Day, said that most Michigan schools wanted the information by Feb. 20. Other schools are now putting together financial aid packages that will be offered along with letters of admission in early April.
Students can continue to fill out the form throughout the summer.
But for full consideration, students should file early. The federal government will accept applications through the school year. He said he wasn't even aware that students could file the forms over the Internet. Possibly, probably it would have gone a lost faster, more smoothly. A Guide for Parents, by Gerald Krefetz.