FASFA
ok. so if this has been addressed in the past please link me to it.
but if not, i'm in deep crap?? i've applied and been accepted to several colleges, all of which i applied to as Nat < last name >, even though in a month or so i'm going to have my name and gender changed (with luck) ((with the idea that by the time i actually go to college i'll be legally male and Arpad H< restoflasname >)).
anyway, i just got an email from fasfa, which says they sent my info to all the colleges. fasfa says i'm < birthname > and female.
can i do anything? so far i've been completely stealth with my colleges and it really means a LOT to me that it stays this way...!!?
i'm going into freshmen year of college (obvious?), for either art (MICA) or Entomology/Ecology (Iowa State, Oklahoma state, Penn state, Purdue, or Pittsburg)
all my school records say Nat < lasname > and male.
i've had top surgery and we've done research into changing my gender, but before i can change my gender i have to have a male name, and unfortunately i can't have my name changed until my dad consents or i'm 18, which means i have to wait until March.
i have no real paper trails leading to my birth name or gender other than this freaking FASFA (and my social security, which i figured colleges wouldn't be checking??)
i've been really excited about college, because i get to learn what i want, and i'd finally be getting away from all traces of people who have preconseived notions about what i am. i'm pretty much willing to do anything to protect that... so... any suggestions?
this could also be me overreacting, which i hope it is??
but if not, i'm in deep crap?? i've applied and been accepted to several colleges, all of which i applied to as Nat < last name >, even though in a month or so i'm going to have my name and gender changed (with luck) ((with the idea that by the time i actually go to college i'll be legally male and Arpad H< restoflasname >)).
anyway, i just got an email from fasfa, which says they sent my info to all the colleges. fasfa says i'm < birthname > and female.
can i do anything? so far i've been completely stealth with my colleges and it really means a LOT to me that it stays this way...!!?
i'm going into freshmen year of college (obvious?), for either art (MICA) or Entomology/Ecology (Iowa State, Oklahoma state, Penn state, Purdue, or Pittsburg)
all my school records say Nat < lasname > and male.
i've had top surgery and we've done research into changing my gender, but before i can change my gender i have to have a male name, and unfortunately i can't have my name changed until my dad consents or i'm 18, which means i have to wait until March.
i have no real paper trails leading to my birth name or gender other than this freaking FASFA (and my social security, which i figured colleges wouldn't be checking??)
i've been really excited about college, because i get to learn what i want, and i'd finally be getting away from all traces of people who have preconseived notions about what i am. i'm pretty much willing to do anything to protect that... so... any suggestions?
this could also be me overreacting, which i hope it is??