Delays in financial aid awards preventing students from committing to colleges

Schools won’t get the information they need to award financial aid until next month. Consequently, some have moved away from the popular May 1 deadline for students to accept their offers of admission.

NEW YORK (AP) — For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they’ll get the financial aid they need to attend.

The financial aid decisions that usually go out with acceptance letters are being delayed because of a later-than-expected rollout of a 

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