• Get organized! Begin an Admissions and Financial Aid folder to compile all the important paperwork you will receive.
• CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE is available at www.collegeboard.com for the 2010-2011 year.
• Visit campus for Fall Receptions sponsored by the Office of Admissions.

• File your CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE.

• December 1 - Early Decision - Parent and student must submit signed copies of official 2008 US Income Tax Returns, including all schedules, to our office at the above address.
• December 1 - CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE deadline for Early Decision students.

• File CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE - File the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE at www.collegeboard.com.

• January 1 - FAFSA now available - Apply for 2010-2011 financial aid by filing FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Assistance in filing these forms is available at your high school guidance office, by calling the Dept. of Ed at 1-800-4-FED-AID or by visiting your college's financial aid office.
• Early Decision admitted students should file the FAFSA now.
• Mid- January - Merit scholarship notification sent to Early Decision students.
• Mid- January - Financial Aid award notices are sent to Early Decision Students.
• Get a PIN - Both parents and students should apply for a Personal Identification Number (PIN) at www.pin.ed.gov. A PIN is required when filing the FAFSA online and will be used as your electronic signature.
• NYS TAP - New York State residents file for the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) online when filing FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov .
• Scholarship Search - Begin your external scholarship search- the Office of Scholarship Programs suggests you visit www.fastweb.com to complete a personal profile and begin your external sholarship search.
• Applicants sign in to your Financial Aid Portfolio and check your task list.
  

SU requires students to file both the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE and FAFSA.

• February 2- FAFSA deadline: First year students.
• February 2- CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE deadline

• March 2 - Transfer students - CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE and FAFSA deadline
• Mid-March - Regular Decision and Transfer student merit award notices mailed.
• Late-March - Regular Decision and Transfer student financial aid award notices mailed.

• Submit monthly payment plan application to Bursar’s Office, if interested.
• Federal Stafford Loan borrowers: Complete your Task List on your Financial Aid Portfolio to view any outstanding tasks.
• Admitted students visit campus for Spring Receptions sponsored by the Office of Admissions.

• May 1 - Tuition / intent to register deadline.
• May 1 - Deadline to submit Income and Tax documentation (as explained in the award notice publication), if requested by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs.
• PLUS Loan - Parents can begin to complete the Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) application. Click for more information on the PLUS Loan process.
• Perkins Loan - Federal Perkins Loan borrowers will receive instructions to sign the Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN).
  

• June 1 - PLUS Loan, Stafford Loan, Perkins Loan application deadline, if you wish these funds to appear on your July Bursar bill.
• June 1 - Bursar Payment Plan application deadline.
• Activate your “syr.edu” email account after you receive confirmation from Information Technology & Services (ITS).
  

• Late-July - Fall semester bill (Pre-bill) due to Bursar’s Office, if not already on the payment plan.
• Notify the Office of Scholarship Programs of any outside scholarships you will be receiving. Complete the Educational Resource Reporting Form task on your FA Portfolio if you are receiving an outside scholarship.

• August 1 - Final deadline to complete the Federal Stafford or Perkins Loan E-MPN, otherwise your loan will be cancelled. Go to your FA Portfolio on myslice.syr.edu to complete these tasks.
• August 1 - Deadline for Sibling in College Enrollment Verification Form, if applicable.
• Federal Stafford Loan approvals (disclosure statements) are sent to students from lenders.
• August 17 - Financial aid funds credited to student accounts.
• August 29-30 - Opening Weekend: Welcome to SU!
• Bursar bills are due in full prior to the first day of classes, if not already on the payment plan.
• August 31 - First day of classes.
• Federal Work-Study (FWS) recipients search for jobs on the Student Employment Office web site.
  

• Mid-September - Last day to drop classes without a financial penalty (usually 3 weeks after classes begin). Review Financial Aid policies on Part-time enrollment.