Universities sending out financial aid letters after FAFSA delays [Video]

CINCINNATI — After months of FAFSA delays, local universities are sending out financial aid letters.

You may remember that these delays happened after the implementation of the FAFSA Simplification Act. This was meant to be an overhaul of the FAFSA system, making the process easier, but instead, it caused months-long delays.

“We didn’t receive our data until literally two weeks ago,” said Jack Miner, the vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Cincinnati.

Because of this, schools pushed back their deadlines.

“We know that this time of year is already stressful for many high school seniors and especially this year due to the FAFSA complications,” said Lauren Parcell, dean of admission at Xavier University. “At Xavier, we aim to make the process as smooth as possible. To help that, we moved our university decision date to May 15.”

UC extended its decision deadline to June 1. NKU has rolling admission but extended its scholarship acceptance deadline …