FAFSA Filings Are Down, Leaving Georgia College-Bound Students in Limbo
By Vanessa McCray, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A digital billboard just off Ga. 316 in Lawrenceville displays a message that beckons Georgia Gwinnett College students to the campus: “Need help?”
The billboard and other smaller signs that line the campus sidewalks direct visitors to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion Center.
On a sunny June day, dozens of students, some accompanied by their parents, stopped in and asked for help. The college opened the center in April to rescue students struggling with long-running federal delays and technical glitches since a redesigned version of the FAFSA, meant to streamline the application process, opened in late December.