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The FAFSA Fiasco
In this episode, Matt and Jadrian discuss the significant issues surrounding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), its impact on students, and broader implications for higher education. Both agree that it’s a mess right now, but we can’t go back in time and fix that. What’s more interesting to think about is what this means for students who are thinking about going to college, but haven’t completed the FAFSA because of the issues.
In this episode, we discuss:
* What went wrong with the FAFSA rollout for this year
* The consequences of this fiasco, and which students we might…
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