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The process for returning students who
apply for financial aid and/or scholarship is similar to when you
were a new applicant. All students must reapply for financial aid/scholarship
every year. The instructions included below will guide you through
your reapplication for scholarship and financial aid. Be sure to fill
out the forms completely and turn the documents in by the deadline.
The deadline for turning in the documents to the Office of Financial
Aid is April 15, 2010.
Required Financial Aid Materials Checklist
IT WILL CAUSE A DELAY IF YOU DO NOT...
- SIGN and DATE all application materials. Regulations require
signatures; therefore missing signatures may create processing
delays and may even require that the forms be returned to you.
- Answer ALL questions. If a question does not apply to you,
enter N/A or 0. Questions left blank may require you to be contacted
for the answer and a reprocessing of the form.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- If you are applying for renewal of the need-based merit MSM
Scholarship, you are required to complete the entire financial
aid process. If you are applying for renewal of the no-need, merit-only
President’s Award (and no other aid), please direct a letter
to the Office of Financial Aid indicating such. Please keep in
mind that the President’s Awards generally range from $1000
- $5000 maximum.
- If you or your parents feel that the family 2010 income will
be drastically different from the reported 2009 income on the
FAFSA, you must submit a letter of explanation to Amy Anderson,
Associate Dean of Enrollment Management. Reasons for drastic change
in income include unemployment, separation, divorce, serious illness
or death. In the letter please project, to the best of your ability,
the new 2010 anticipated taxable and nontaxable income from any
and all sources. Please provide documentation of these circumstances
such as a letter from your employer, medical documents, a separation
agreement, or a divorce decree.
- We highly recommend that you make photocopies of all application
materials that you submit to the Office of Admission and Financial
Aid. Create a file at home that will resemble the file we have
in our office. This will make any conversations we have more productive
and beneficial.
AND LAST…
Please, ASK QUESTIONS if you do not understand any part of our application
process. We understand that the scholarship/financial aid process
is, at times, frustrating and intimidating. We want to assist and
support you from start to finish. It is our goal to make applying
for scholarship and financial aid as pleasant and painless as possible.
When students and parents ask how they can speed up the process,
we always begin by saying, “provide all the required information
by the required deadline, and be as accurate as possible when completing
your forms – if you do your part, we are able to do our part.”
If you have suggestions or comments, or if you experience problems,
please call our office at 917-493-4463. Financial Aid counselors
are available to assist you. If necessary, you may schedule either
a phone or in-person appointment.
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