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FINANCIAL AID TIMELINE
FOR STUDENTS ENTERING IN FALL 2008
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October
2007
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- 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 2008-2009 year.
- Visit campus
for Fall Receptions sponsored by the Office
of Admissions.
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| November
2007 |
- November
30- Early Decision student CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE deadline.
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| December
2007 |
- File CSS/Financial
Aid PROFILE - Regular Decision students begin filing the CSS/Financial
Aid PROFILE at www.collegeboard.com.
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| January
2008 |
- 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.
- January 1
- FAFSA now available -
Begin applying for 2007-2008 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.
- NYS TAP
- New York State residents file for the Tuition Assistance Program
(TAP) online when filing FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov
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- Scholarship
Search - Begin your external scholarship search- the Office
of Scholarship Programs suggests you visit www.fastweb.com.
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| February
2008 |
- February
1 - Early Decision, Regular Decision and Transfer student FAFSA
deadline.
- February
1 - Regular Decision and Transfer student CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
deadline.
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| March
2008 |
- Mid- March
- Regular Decision and Transfer student merit award notices sent.
- Late March
- Regular Decision and Transfer student financial aid award notices
sent.
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| April
2008 |
- April 20
- 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.
- Submit monthly
payment plan application to Bursar’s
Office, if interested.
- Federal
Stafford Loan borrowers complete:
1. Entrance
interview
2. Don't forget to check your Task List on your FA Portfolio to
view any outstanding tasks.
- Admitted
students visit campus for Spring Receptions sponsored by the Office
of Admissions.
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| May
2008 |
- May 1 - Tuition
/ intent to register deposit deadline.
- 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).
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| June
2008 |
- 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).
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| July
2008 |
- Early-July
- Sibling in College grant recipients receive instructions to
complete the sibling enrollment verification form.
- July 28 -
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.
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| August
2008 |
- 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 15
- Deadline for Sibling in College Enrollment Verification Form,
if applicable.
- Federal Stafford
Loan approvals (disclosure statements) are sent to students from
lenders.
- August 15
- Financial aid funds credited to student accounts.
- August 23
- 24 - 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 25
- First day of classes.
- 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.
- Federal Work-Study
(FWS) recipients search for jobs on the Student
Employment Office web site.
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| September
2008 |
- Mid-September
- Last day to drop classes without a financial penalty (usually
3 weeks after classes begin).
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