# Consequences of starting second FAFSA ID/where the hell did my information go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-starting-second-fafsa-id-where-the-hell-did-my-information-go/804766>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-starting-second-fafsa-id-where-the-hell-did-my-information-go/804766 "2017-12-18T16:14:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a8b319/32.png) [@Yonathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yonathan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-starting-second-fafsa-id-where-the-hell-did-my-information-go/804766/1 "2017-12-18T16:14:50Z")

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College student here, trying to renew federal aid. Don’t know who you’d ask for questions like these.  
Apparently, my info is no longer in the system, no matter how carefully I checked to see if I typed my e-mail, phone (both preceding unchanged since last time), birth date, and Social Security number. What should I do? Should I just start a new one with the same old information, seeing as the SS is the same? Will I still be able to receive my scholarships? I have a scholarship that won’t pass unless I renew. What will happen?

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-starting-second-fafsa-id-where-the-hell-did-my-information-go/804766/2 "2017-12-18T16:20:41Z")

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Contact the financial aid office at your school.

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**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consequences-of-starting-second-fafsa-id-where-the-hell-did-my-information-go/804766/3 "2017-12-21T01:14:25Z")

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Stating the obvious here but, contact FAFSA.

As a student parent who had the same problems accessing my FAFSA information one year… I contacted them and it was straightened out immediately.🙂