The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.
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The revamped FAFSA prevented parents who did not have a Social Security number from adding their financial information online. Students affected by the glitch had to wait months for the U.S. Education Department to come up with a workaround so they could complete the form. “These are students who are eligible to complete the FAFSA. They're U.S. citizens,” said Andrea Harper, of college access group Breakthrough Central Texas. “When they were placed in the back of the line because of these glitches, they lost out… That's going to impact this group of students for many years, maybe for their whole lives.”
But the financial aid did not come through. Despite repeated attempts, she wasn’t able to successfully submit her form until late spring. By then, it was too late. In phone calls with the financial aid office at Texas State, advisers told Esquina she had been eligible for the Texas grant but the school ran out of money before her form was processed.
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