Financial Aid Office

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GENERAL LOAN INFORMATION UNDERGRAD & GRADUATE LOANS LAW LOANS

ADDITIONAL FORMS 2007-08 FORMS

DEFERMENTS DISBURSEMENTS RETURN OF AID POLICY

SOURCES OF AID TYPES OF AID INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS BRIGHT FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP OTHER SCHOLARSHIP OPTION PRE-PAID TUITION PROGRAM ACG/SMART FIRST GENERATION

GENERAL APPLICATION PROCEDURES NEW STUDENTS RETURNING STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IMPORTANT APPLICATION TIPS

QUALITATIVE MEASURE OF PROGRESS QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF PROGRESS APPEAL PROCESS

AWARD DECISIONS ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS SATISFACTORY PROGRESS PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT DEPENDENCY OVERRIDE ALTERNATIVE ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE SERVICES WHAT IS FINANCIAL AID? BASIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS DETERMINING FINANCIAL NEED COST OF ATTENDANCE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

APPLYING FOR AID

General Application Procedures | New Students | Returning Students | International Students | Important Application Tips

New Students
If you are applying for aid for the academic year 2007-2008 (including Summer 2008), you will need to complete the 2007-2008 Free Application for Federal Aid (FAFSA).

Note: The FAFSA is available in January for the following academic year.

You will need to have a copy of your and your parent(s)/spouse 2006, if applicable tax forms available to complete the FAFSA form. If you do not have a copy, you may request a summary from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

The FAFSA response is a summary of the information you submitted to the Federal Processor and is called a Student Aid Report (SAR). It is very important for you or your parent(s)/spouse to review the SAR. If any corrections are necessary, you may make them on-line through the Department of Education's FAFSA on the web site with your Federal Pin.

Quality Assurance Program(QAP):
If your file has been selected for "Verification" as stated on the response of your FIU Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), you can disregard this message. FIU participates in the US Department of Education's Quality Assurance Program. The QAP process of institutional verification. If selected, the Financial Aid Office would be checking information from your FAFSA application with copies of you and your parents/spouse Federal tax prior to you receiving your annual Financial Aid award package.

Additional Verification Requests:

Selective Service
Citizenship Confirmation
Confirmation of Social Security Number

First-time Loan borrowers please fill out an entrance interview.