FAFSA Launch Will Be Delayed for a Second Year

August 8, 2024 – In an article for Money about the delayed FAFSA launch, Shannon Vasconcelos, senior director of college finance at Bright Horizons College Coach provides guidance to students who may be affected, including how the delay will affect students applying early decision and why there isn’t a need to rush to be one of the first to fill out the form. 

While experts always recommend submitting the FAFSA early in the year, Vasconcelos says there's no rush to be one of the first to fill it out.

"I would let the department work out the kinks in the form before I was anxious to hop on there," she says. "Colleges are not going to set any financial aid deadlines so early that you couldn't complete it on the normal timeline."

Read the full article here.