| PublicationDate: 4/27/98 Summary: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 15 Author: ODAS - Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary - SFA Posted April 27, 1998 TO : Financial Aid Administrators FROM : Diane Rogers Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Student Financial Assistance Programs SUBJECT: 1998-99 Processing Status Update # 15 I am pleased to present you with my fifteenth and final message on the processing of the 1998-99 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). During the week of April 13-17, we processed 287,818 applications through the Central Processing System (CPS) for the 1998-99 cycle, bringing our year-to-date total to 4,205,849 applications. Because our contractors have now comfortably passed beyond the peak processing period, we are discontinuing these weekly processing updates. As always, we encourage students to file their FAFSAs electronically, including via FAFSA on the Web. Electronic applications are faster and easier for students to file and for the Department to process. The following statistics are through Friday, April 17: FAFSA and Renewal Applications RECEIPTS PROCESSED YEAR TO DATE--GRAND TOTAL 4,453,725 4,205,849 I. Paper 4,136,032 3,888,156 II. Electronic 317,693 317,693 |