| PublicationDate: 4/8/98 Summary: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 13 Author: ODAS - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary - SFA Posted April 8, 1998 TO : Financial Aid Administrators FROM : Diane Rogers Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Student Financial Assistance Programs SUBJECT: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 13 I am pleased to present you with my thirteenth message on the processing of the 1998-99 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). During the week of March 30-April 3, we processed 556,192 applications through the Central Processing System (CPS) for the 1998-99 cycle, bringing our year-to-date total to 3,470,254 applications. Of the 441,543 applications that have been received but not yet completely processed: * 179,285 have been in process at the Department's Multiple Data Entry (MDE) contractors for less than seven business days, the normal processing time for our MDE contractors; * 209,215 have been completed by the Department's MDE contractors and are now in process at the CPS; and * 53,043 have been at our MDE contractors for longer than seven business days. The following statistics are through Friday, April 3: FAFSA and Renewal Applications RECEIPTS PROCESSED YEAR TO DATE -- GRAND TOTAL 3,911,797 3,470,254 I. Paper 3,669,414 3,227,871 II. Electronic 242,383 242,383 |