The revamped FAFSA’s delays and technical roadblocks have led to less students submitting the application. Experts expect a steep decline in college enrollment in the fall.
These declines come as the U.S. Department of Education was tasked with redesigning FAFSA to be a simpler and more accessible form for students.Damian Salas, a senior at Uplift North Hills Preparatory in Irving, has been accepted to many Texas universities, including Texas Tech, as well as schools in Colorado and Oklahoma. He wants to study computer engineering.“I really like being hands-on with materials and building things. I like building PCs. I’ve always been fascinated by that,” he said.
Some of the drop can be attributed to the delay in making the application available to students. The form is typically available Oct. 1 but wasn’t available until the last week of December. Even then, many experienced technical glitches, were kicked out of the platform and couldn’t finish filling out the form until much later.
The new system requires parents to create their own online account that is tied to their social security number. But it’s less than two weeks until National Decision Day. May 1 is when most colleges typically require admitted students to accept or deny offers. Many students are still waiting for financial aid award packages that are often the deciding factor on where to attend school.
“It’s a huge waiting game,” said Alexis Garcia, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin. “Is it going to be here in time for the beginning of the semester?”
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