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Federal Assistance

If you apply using FAFSA on the Web or FAFSA Express, in some cases, you'll have to mail in a signature page before your application can be processed. Beginning with the 2002-03 award year, electronic signatures can replace signature sheets. Instruction are on the FAFSA Website. You'll receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) in the mail up to 14 days after you submit your completed application, including a signature (if required).

If a school submits your application electronically on your behalf, your application will be processed in about a week. In addition to sending the results to your school electronically, the Department will send you a SAR Acknowledgement in the mail.

If you apply by mail, it will take about four weeks for your application to be processed and for you to receive a SAR in the mail.

If it's been more than four weeks since you submitted your application and you haven't heard anything, you can check on your application through the FAFSA on the Web site, even if you didn't apply using FAFSA on the Web. You can also check on your application by contacting the Federal Student Aid Information Center at the address or phone number listed below:

1-800-730-8913
Federal Student Aid Information Center
P.O. Box 84
Washington, DC 20044-0084

If you submit a paper version of the FAFSA or the Renewal FAFSA, you can use the post card found in the application to track the processing of your application. You must fill in the postcard with the required information, attach a stamp to the postcard, and mail it with your application. When the Department of Education's processor receives your application, the postcard will be stamped with the date that it is received. You will receive the date-stamped portion of the postcard for your files. If you do not receive your SAR within four weeks of the date-stamped on the postcard, you can contact the Federal Student Aid Information Center.

The Department will mail a PIN number to most students who apply for aid in the 2002-03 award year. If you do not receive a PIN number from the Department, beginning in the spring of 2002 you can apply for one at the Department of Education's web site at

http://www.pin.ed.gov

You can use this PIN number to:

Access your SFA program records online (for example, you can check your student loan
information through the Department of Education's National Student Loan Data System).
Make corrections to your application information through the Internet.
Access your renewal FAFSA in subsequent years.
Take the place of your signature if you apply using FAFSA on the Web in subsequent years.

What happens after I receive my SAR?

When you receive your SAR, you must review it carefully to make sure it's correct. If the data are correct and you don't need to make changes, you can receive financial aid on the basis of that information.

If any changes to your SAR are necessary, you can make corrections in a number of ways.

Beginning in the Spring of 2000, you can make corrections online through the Department of Education's FAFSA on the Web site, even if you didn't apply using the FAFSA on the Web.

Alternatively, your school may be able to submit the corrections electronically. If you applied by mail, by using FAFSA Express, or by using FAFSA on the Web, you can make corrections on Part 2 of the SAR and return it to the address given at the end of Part 2. If you applied electronically through your school and would like to make corrections to your information by mail, you must request a copy of your SAR from the Federal Student Aid Information Center.

If you want to have your application information sent to a school that is not listed on your SAR, you may:

Correct your SAR to add the school,

Contact the Federal Student Aid Information Center to have your information sent to the school

Give the school permission to request your information.

If you ask the Federal Student Aid Information Center to send your information or give permission to the school to request the information, you'll need to provide your Data Release Number (DRN), which you can find on your SAR.

If you would like a duplicate copy of your SAR, you can request one by writing to the address given at the end of Part 2 of the SAR. You can also use the address or number for the Federal Student Aid Information Center to request a duplicate copy. You'll receive the duplicate SAR in two to three weeks.

If you write, make sure you include in your letter your full name, permanent address, Social Security Number, date of birth, and signature. Your duplicate SAR will be sent to the address reported on your application.

SAR Submission

Your correct, complete application information must be at your school by the last day of enrollment in 2002 or by 7/1/2002, whichever is earlier (see your financial aid administrator). If your school has not received your application information electronically, you must submit your SAR to the school by the appropriate deadline.