SEATTLE, Wash.- The University of Washington (UW) has extended the confirmation date for admitted first-year undergraduate students to June 1.
The extension, which also applied to UW Tacoma and UW Bothell, follows problems with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) program roll-out which caused admissions problems across higher education this year.
UW emphasized that the commitment extension from May 1 to June 1 is only for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Because UW uses the FAFSA to determine financial aid eligibility, the university could not notify prospective students of their aid packages until they had the relevant data from applicant’s FAFSA documents.
It is unclear whether other major institutions of higher learning will follow suit.
