Last year on Sept. 14 2015 President Obama made an announcement that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications will begin Oct. 1, 2016 instead of Jan. 1, 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year.

The new date will become a permanent change for the next years coming.

FAFSA is a form to determine how much financial aid a student who wants to continue their education are eligible for. It is based off taxes and income.

Applicants will no longer need to estimate income or tax information, because they will be able to retrieve it from the IRS directly.

The shift may be a positive change for families because they will have a better idea of what their federal aid will be when applying to colleges, but could also affect the amount of time student have to get their college in line.

“I feel Like they should have left the Deadline in January, so people like me[…] have more time to figure stuff out,” senior Geoffry Collins.

With the sooner deadline some college application deadlines may come sooner and could affect transcripts in the way that there may be one semester of mid term grades missing.