Financial Aid Application
The is your application for Federal and State* financial aid.
Most financial aid is not automatically renewable and a new application should be filed for every new Academic Year (September 鈥 August) you intend to attend. The FAFSA is usually available from October 1st each year. Information from your (and/or your parent鈥檚/spouse鈥檚, where applicable) prior year Federal Tax Return will be used to complete the application (example: for the 2024-2025 FAFSA, 2022 tax information is used).
It is free to file a FAFSA and you should not be prompted to pay upon completion of the application. Some websites will request payment 鈥 to ensure you are not charged, file your FAFSA at .
*You are required to complete additional information for State aid at the end of your FAFSA or directly at the website.
Follow the steps below to apply for financial aid:
- Students (and Parents/Spouse, where applicable) must apply for an聽聽in order to electronically sign the聽.
Electronically signing the FAFSA reduces the amount of time it will take for the FAFSA results to reach your school of choice. - Once a Federal Student Aid Account has been created, complete and submit your online.
- If you are completing your FAFSA to obtain financial aid at 91传媒, you will need to provide our Federal School Code: 002624 in order for us to receive your application and determine your eligibility.
- Complete an Application for Admissions at the College of your choice.*
*In order for your selected College to receive your FAFSA, your Social Security Number must be included on your admissions application.
If you cannot file online, you can complete a and mail it to the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 processor at Federal Student Aid Programs, P.O. Box 70204, London, KY 40742-0204.
It can take 4-6 weeks for your paper application to be processed and to receive a for 2023-2024 FAFSAs and prior, or a for 2024-2025 FAFSAs and beyond.
You can get help completing your FAFSA by contacting the , who can offer help via the internet or telephone.
Alternatively, you can make an appointment with a member of our financial aid staff for assistance in the completion of your financial aid application.
91传媒 also provides O.P.E.N. Workshops that are offered from March 6th, 2024 to June 26th, 2024. Visit our O.P.E.N. Workshops page for more information and how to register.
- Within 3-5 business days of filing your FAFSA, you will receive an email and/or mail containing your for 2023-2024 FAFSAs and prior, or a for 2024-2025 FAFSAs and beyond.
Your SAR/Submission Summary will usually contain your / 鈥 the number used to determine your eligibility for financial aid.
An estimated award may be contained in the SAR/Submission Summary. - If you reported Additional Information for State Aid, you will be mailed a New Jersey Student Eligibility Notice (SEN) within several weeks of filing your FAFSA notifying you of your eligibility for state aid.
- Upon receipt of your FAFSA and completion of Federal Verification (if applicable) & resolution of any eligibility requirements, the 91传媒 Financial Aid office will post your award letter on Student Financial Aid, which can be accessed through .
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There are different filing deadlines for the Federal Government, State of New Jersey and 91传媒. Please see below:
For more information regarding deadlines, you can visit .
The Federal Government selects a student for verification for different reasons. Verification is a process in which the 91传媒 Financial Aid office will collect several documents from you (and your parent/spouse, if applicable) and submit any necessary FAFSA changes/corrections to the Federal Government. In order to guarantee your schedule, all verification documents must be submitted to the 91传媒 Financial Aid office as soon as possible.
As soon as your Financial Aid Application has been received by the 91传媒 Financial Aid Office, your Student Financial Aid portal (accessible through ) will be updated with required documents, award and eligibility information. This information will be continuously updated as documents are received, and throughout the verification process.
The documents required to complete Federal Verification varies per student and you should pay special attention to the Student Financial Aid portal for documents relevant to you.
To determine if you need to submit any documents to complete your financial aid application, please refer to the 鈥淩equired Documents鈥 section of your Student Financial Aid portal, accessible through .
There is nothing you can do to guarantee you won鈥檛 be selected for verification as selection can be random, however, there are some steps you can take when completing your that will minimize the chances of being selected;
- Use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (2023-2024 FAFSAs and prior) or the Financial Aid Direct Data Exchange (2024-2025 FAFSAs and beyond) when prompted whilst completing your application.
- Don鈥檛 leave anything blank 鈥 if a question does not relate to you, enter 鈥0鈥.
- Answer every question as accurately as possible 鈥 try not to guess your answers.
- Make sure your application is signed by you and all contributors (parent/spouse etc. if applicable) using your number(s).
- If you can鈥檛 answer 鈥榶es鈥 to any of the dependency status questions, make sure you answer all parental information questions.
- Return to your and add the School Code of the school you are transferring to/from under the relevant section.*
*Do not change the order of your School Codes, add the new code underneath the others you already have listed 鈥 changing the order could result in your selection for verification and the cancellation of your financial aid awards.
91传媒鈥檚 School Code is 002624.
