Financial Aid Verification
Verification is the process of confirming that information reported by you and your parents or spouse on the FAFSA is accurate. Each year approximately 30% of student applicants nationwide are randomly selected by the Federal Central Processing System for verification. You may also be selected by the College. After being selected for verification the Financial Aid Office will require you and your parents or spouse to submit documentation to validate the information used to file the FAFSA. Students who are selected for verification will not receive an award letter until the verification process is complete.
Once the required documentation is received the Financial Aid Office will compare the submitted documents to the information initially provided on your FASFA. If there are any discrepancies with the information initially provided on the FAFSA, the Financial Aid Office will make the corrections and you will receive an updated Student Aid Report (SAR). Occasionally the documentation that was provided to the Financial Aid Office does not provide all of the necessary information to complete the verification process. In these situations you will be contacted by a Financial Aid Staff Member outlining the additional documentation that is needed. Two to three weeks after the verification process is complete, you will receive a financial aid award letter informing you of your financial aid.
Dependent Students will be asked to submit the following forms:
- Verification Worksheet
- Signed copy of parent(s) complete tax return and schedules
- Copy of parent(s) W2s
- Signed copy of student’s complete tax return and schedules (if applicable)
- Copy of student’s W2s
Independent Students will be asked to submit the following forms:
- Verification Worksheet
- Signed copy of student’s complete tax return and schedules (if applicable)
- Copy of student’s W2s
- Signed copy of spouse’s complete tax return (if applicable and filing separate)
- Copy of spouse’s W2s