FROM: Jennifer Douglas

Student Channel, FSA

SUBJECT: 2003-2004 Application Processing Statistics – Mar 2, 2003

In the following table you will find a comparison of FAFSA processing for the 2002-03 and 2003-04
processing cycles.

In addition to the 1,433,120 electronic applications that have been processed for 2003-04, there are
approximately 280,000 FAFSA on the Web, Renewal FAFSA on the Web, and EZ FAFSA records on the hold
file, waiting for signatures to be submitted by students.

Application Processing Statistics

2003-2004 Processing Week 9: February 24 - March 2, 2003

2003-2004 2003-2004 2002-2003 2002-2003

This Week Year To Date This Week Year To Date

Electronic Apps 381,895 1,433,120 247,450 972,891

Original 12,605 27,643 14,751 32,165

FAFSA Express N.A. N.A. 395 726
FAFSA Web 156,764 637,075 96,489 432,759
Renewal Web 208,634 746,404 135,815 507,241
EZ FAFSA 3,892 21,998 N.A. N.A.

Paper Apps 154,003 657,423 315,891 1,089,135

Original 78,811 242,345 136,479 433,035

Renewal 75,192 415,078 179,412 656,100

Total Apps Processed 535,898 2,090,543 563,341 2,062,026

Electronic Corr's 4,478 8,121 5,762 9,759

NCS 19,347 107,177 11,807 43,039
PIC 4,120 13,394 4,736 15,457
Corr's on the Web 40,027 161,961 18,272 71,777
Paper Corr's 25,358 50,188 26,697 67,501

Total Corr's Processed 93,330 340,841 67,274 207,533

Application Processing Statistics
 2002-2003 Processing Week 61: February 24 - March 2, 2003

2002-2003 2002-2003 2001-2002 2001-2002

This Week Year To Date This Week Year To Date
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Electronic Apps 35,513 6,922,919 32,299 5,266,476

Original 15,920 1,544,608 19,647 1,620,737

Renewal N.A. N.A. 125 129,989
FAFSA Express 18 15,097 0 94,422
FAFSA Web 16,875 3,058,053 10,775 2,083,820
Renewal Web 2,700 2,305,161 1,752 1,337,508

Paper Apps 14,550 4,754,448 11,044 5,604,028

Original 14,166 2,779,434 10,726 3,428,128

Renewal 384 1,975,014 318 2,175,900

Total Apps Processed 50,063 11,677,367 43,343 10,870,504

Electronic Corr's 30,244 3,768,714 28,254 3,191,165

Corr's on the Web 7,728 972,049 2,097 400,068
Paper Corr's 6,369 1,599,083 8,408 1,776,057
NCS 26,668 869,926 11,172 675,890
PIC 3,275 492,713 3,082 549,659

Total Corr's Processed 74,284 7,702,485 53,013 6,592,839