The totals reported last year are different from the numbers reported now about last year, do you understand what is causing this?
Yes, I understand.
Then you know there could be many different causes for this including the possibility that your school is listed more than once in the data .
There's something else about the FAFSA Completion, how do you handle files when it comes to age?
Files ending in 18 year olds use the previous age assumption that applicants be no older than 18. All other files use the current assumption that applicants be no older than 19.
That's interesting. I've read that schools used to run surveys to figure out the rate of FAFSA completion, but they don't do that anymore. How is it done nowadays?
In this time and age Federal Student Aid is providing high schools with current data about their FAFSA submissions and completions so that high schools can track their progress and help to ensure that their students complete a FAFSA.
Ah, that makes sense. And at what point of the year is this data released?
Data releases occur every other Friday.
That frequent? That's good to hear, this should make the data more accurate. How is the number of applications for each school reported then?