Editing FAFSA (section)

==Application process==
Applicants complete the FAFSA by providing their demographic and financial information and, in many cases, the demographic and financial information of their parents/guardians. In addition to this demographic and financial information, applicants can list up to ten schools to receive the results of the application once it is processed. Historically, there was some concern that colleges could deny admission, [[Wait list (college admissions)|waitlist]] applicants, or offer less financial aid as a result of the order in which applicants list schools on the application, or [[FAFSA position]].<ref name=DailyFinance>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/11/colleges-may-penalize-students-over-preference-on-financial-aid/#!slide=976781 | author=Weston, Liz | publisher=Reuters | date=November 11, 2013  | title=Colleges May Penalize Students Over Preference on Financial Aid Applications | access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Rivard>{{cite web | url=http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/28/colleges-use-fafsa-information-reject-students-and-potentially-lower-financial-aid | title=Using FAFSA Against Students | author=Rivard, Ry | date=October 28, 2013 | publisher=Inside Higher Ed |  access-date=January 12, 2016}}</ref> However, the US Department of Education changed the FAFSA for the 2016–2017 academic year to prevent schools from having access to view other schools that may be listed on the application.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ifap.ed.gov/sumchngsappsys/attachments/1617SumChangesAppProcessSysGuide.pdf | title=Summary of Changes for the Application Processing System 2016 2017 | publisher=US Department of Education | date=December 2015 | access-date=January 12, 2016 | quote=(see page 3:) "....We have designed a solution for 2016-2017 that allows us to send an ISIR to each school listed on the student’s record and only include the Federal School Code of the school receiving the ISIR.." | archive-date=December 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211113523/http://ifap.ed.gov/sumchngsappsys/attachments/1617SumChangesAppProcessSysGuide.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

After completing the FAFSA, students are presented with a Student Aid Report (SAR). The SAR provides a student with their potential eligibility for different types of financial aid, their [[Expected Family Contribution]] (EFC), and a summary of the data a student provided in the application.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotwfaq69.htm | publisher=US Department of Education | title=What is the Student Aid Report (SAR)? | access-date=January 12, 2016 | archive-date=October 31, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031120546/https://fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotwfaq69.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> An electronic version of the SAR (called an ISIR) is made available to the colleges/universities the student includes on the FAFSA. The ISIR is also sent to state agencies that award need-based aid.

Students can file an appeal with their college financial aid office in order to seek additional financial aid if their current financial situation is no longer the same as the financial information they provided on FAFSA (i.e. their parent recently lost their job). The exact appeal process can vary from school to school.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Douglas-Gabriel|first=Danielle|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/15/colleges-brace-financial-aid-appeals-theres-new-tool-help-students-file-them/|title=As colleges brace for financial aid appeals, there's a new tool to help students file them|date=April 15, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Hoover|first=Eric|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Financial-Aid-Appeals-Are/248528|title=Financial-Aid Appeals Are Mysterious. This Tool Was Built to Simplify Them.|date=2020-04-15|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=2020-04-19|language=en-US|issn=0009-5982}}</ref> [[Swiftstudent|SwiftStudent]], a free service, provides template letters for college students to use when appealing their financial aid.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Currently, students can only list ten schools on their FAFSA application. If students are applying to more than 10 colleges or universities, there are three options they can choose from that allow them to submit their FAFSA application to additional schools.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://studentaid.gov/help/more-ten-colleges | title = If I want to apply to more than ten colleges, what should I do? | website = studentaid.gov | publisher = United States Federal Government | access-date = 2021-01-19}}</ref>