Where have you heard this before?  “If we could simplify this to just the few important pieces of information, we could get this form on a postcard.”

Well… this time, it’s not about your income tax return.  It’s about the FAFSA.

The College Board has again been studying how to simplify the financial aid process.  And again, they have come up with many suggestions of how the FAFSA (administered by the Department of Education) could improve it’s form to make it less intimidating to lower-income families.

But as for the College Board’s own Profile form, I quote from Jared McDonald’s article in the The Daily Pennsylvanian on April 14th, 2009…

For students with “complicated finances” applying to more expensive,
private schools like Penn, Baum said, an extensive amount of
information is inevitably required and is gathered through the College
Board’s Profile form.

Honestly, I’m really getting tired of the ivory tower mentatlity of the College Board.  The federal government with its 120 question FAFSA needs to be whittled down to a postcard.  But the College Board’s Profile with as many as 300 questions is just inevitable.

Don’t hold your breath for any simplification folks.  This latest study is just more smoke and mirrors.

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