LOSFA has begun processing 2020 high school graduates TOPS eligibility and is asking students to fill out their FAFSA before the July 1st priority deadline.
LOFSA Executive Director Sujuan Boutte says 2020 grads need to set up their Student Hub account ASAP to track the status of their TOPS application.
“As soon as we run it that notification is going to post to their hub account, but as soon as you have a hub account that same account is going to allow students to track their eligibility throughout their post-secondary study,” says Boutte.
Boutte advises students to use the exact same name and spelling on all documents to prevent processing errors.
The deadline to file your ACT score has been extended to September 30th, but Boutte still wants you to submit your current scores. If you test again later and score higher, and you qualify for a higher TOPS award Boutte says you will be notified.
The extension came as part of a gubernatorial order aimed at helping students impacted by COVID-related disruptions.
The COVID disruption has many students contemplating just sitting out the fall semester. Boutte says if you do that’s fine but still file now in case your change your mind.
“Well, if you don’t fill the FASFA out you won’t know how much gift aid you will be eligible for in order to go and if you wait any first come first serve dollars are gone,” says Boutte.
For the 2019-2020 academic year 54,000 students received 302 million dollars in benefits from the TOPS program.
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