Prospective Graduate & Licensure Students
Application Process for Financial Aid

If you are planning to use Stafford Student Loans to help pay your charges for the 2008-2009 Academic Year, you must complete all of the following steps prior to the deadlines listed below.

1. Complete and submit the Graduate & Licensure Programs Application for Admission
    

2. Complete and submit to Federal Student Aid Programs the “2008-2009 Free Application for Federal Student Aid/FAFSA.” You may have already received a Renewal FAFSA in the mail. If not, this application is available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov and in our office. You will need your and your spouse's 2007 Federal Income Tax Return forms when completing this application. Be sure to enter the L-R Title IV code 002941 in Step Six. It takes approximately four to six weeks to process this form.  
    

3. Keep copies of your FAFSA and the resulting Student Aid Report (SAR), your and your spouse's Federal Income Tax Return forms (including all schedules and W2s) readily available. If your SAR is selected for verification, our office is required to collect copies of these documents for your financial aid file. Our office may send you a letter requesting these and possibly other forms, please submit them to our office within ten days. Failure to respond to a letter requesting additional information may jeopardize your eligibility for aid.
    

4. Using the results of the above steps, our office will determine what types and amounts of financial aid you are eligible to receive. This information will be sent to you in your financial aid package. Read all information provided in the financial aid package and respond within twenty days. Failure to respond to a financial aid package may result in the cancellation or adjustment of funds offered.

The First-Priority Filer Deadline is March 1, 2007.
The Final Deadline for Summer School is May 1, 2007.
The Final Deadline for Fall Semester is August 20, 2007.
The Final Deadline for Spring Semester is January 3, 2008.