Some schools have application deadlines as early as February to get aid for the 2013-14 academic year.

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Be a careful consumer, and start the search process as early as possible and make sure you know the application deadlines.

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In today's tough market, many might be more flexible with application deadlines and find ways to be more accommodating to students' needs.

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If parents and a student are facing one of the more common financial aid application filing deadlines of February 15th, March 1st, or March 15th and have not completed their tax return, they should provide their best estimates of their 2012 tax information.

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The act created deadlines, six months or a year after a drug application is filed, by which the FDA's decisions must be made, and the agency is meeting those targets.

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