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By Kyeland Jackson —
If you considered procrastinating financial aid applications, think again.
Applications next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications jumped forward to Oct. 1, awarding federal aid months earlier than last year. Because financial aid works on a “first come, first serve” basis, students expecting need-based aid now have less time to apply. Details of the federal change were discussed during a financial aid press conference Wednesday morning.
“If a kid waits until Jan. 1 to apply for those dollars this year, there’s a good chance that all of them will be gone,” Kentucky Lottery Senior Vice President of Communications Chip Polston said.