Or someone saying they are going to vo-tech or the military, so no college application is required.
As I recall, the aid officially goes to the school, not to the student.
So if the school awards the student work-study but does not offer a job then the student is out of luck but there are no negative repercussions for the school.
The school can then legitimately claim that 99% of students who applied for aid were offered aid, even if they were offered a grant they could not claim.
Is it possible to fill out a FAFSA without identifying which school or schools you have applied to?
Could a school then be awarded aid (by the Federal Dept. of Education) for a student that they didn’t admit, who didn’t enroll, and maybe even didn’t apply?
I think not but the oversight on work-study was so poor that I couldn’t say for certain.