Making use of for Financial Aid | Virginia Union University

The Financial Aid utility course of is a prolonged, and at instances, difficult process. However, in case you observe the five-step course of beneath you’ll be profitable.

Step 1 – Create your StudentAid.gov Account 

Create your StudentAid.gov account at https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch. You will want your StudentAid.gov account to electronically signal your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). If you’re a dependent scholar for FAFSA functions, one among your mother and father will even have to create a StudentAId.gov account to electronically signal the FAFSA. This will make sure the quickest, most correct submitting course of. In addition, your StudentAid.gov account will help you:

▪ View the standing and outcomes of a processed FAFSA utility on the FAFSA web site.

▪ Make corrections to your FAFSA on-line.

▪ Access your Federal Student Financial Assistance info on the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) web site.

▪ Request a reproduction copy of your Student Aid Report (SAR).

 

Write down your StudentAid.gov account and password in a secure place as you will have this info with a purpose to entry any Federal Student Aid info. 

Step 2 – File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

To be thought of for any sort of economic support (grants or loans), all college students should file the FAFSA. Remember to incorporate Virginia Union University’s college code on the FAFSA; if you don’t embody our faculty code, we is not going to obtain your utility. Virginia Union University’s college code is 003766.

There are two methods to finish the appliance:

▪ Online Application: The on-line FAFSA might be accomplished on the Department of Education web site at www.fafsa.gov. There is not any price to use on-line.

▪ Paper Application: The FAFSA is out there at your native highschool, neighborhood faculty or native college. There is not any price to use for monetary support utilizing the FAFSA.

The Virginia Union University Office of Financial Aid recommends that candidates file the FAFSA on-line as it’s the quickest, most effective, and most correct utility technique. Your outcomes might be despatched to you and the college a couple of week after finishing your utility whether it is electronically signed together with your StudentAid.gov account.

Please notice that you will need to apply as soon as each college yr. You should even be accepted into a level program by Admissions and be in good educational standing to obtain monetary support.

Step 3 – The Student Aid Report (SAR) 

After your FAFSA is processed, you’ll be despatched a FAFSA Submission Summary, previously referred to as the Student Aid Report (SAR). Electronic filers who present an e mail tackle might be despatched an e mail offering an digital hyperlink to their FAFSA Submission Summary. Electronic filers who don’t present an e-mail tackle and those that full a paper FAFSA might be despatched a paper FAFSA Submission Summary within the mail.

Once you obtain your FAFSA Submission Summary, it’s best to evaluation it for accuracy. Students who obtain their FAFSA Submission Summary electronically could make any crucial corrections on-line at www.fafsa.gov. Processing of your monetary support affords might take three to 4 weeks after we’ve got acquired your correct utility file and all different documentation. Please test your Virginia Union University e mail or MyVUU account recurrently to see if we’re requesting any further info.

Step 4 – Additional Information 

After your FAFSA is processed, Virginia Union will obtain the data electronically. For digital filers, the information is normally acquired in 3-5 enterprise days. For those that accomplished a paper FAFSA, the information is normally acquired in about 4-6 weeks.

Once your FAFSA information is acquired, it’s possible you’ll be required to submit further info to the Virginia Union University Office of Financial Aid. One third of all federal support candidates are randomly chosen for a course of known as “verification.” Please test your Virginia Union University e mail or MyVUU account to see if any further documentation is required to finish the processing of your monetary support utility.

Step 5 – Complete and submit the Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant Application (VTAG) – VA residents solely 

If you reside in Virginia, it’s possible you’ll qualify for VTAG. Every resident is required to finish the VTAG utility yearly by the suitable deadline. Find extra info on the following hyperlink.

Step 6 – Financial Aid Offer Notification 

After your FAFSA is processed and all required info has been reviewed, you’ll obtain your monetary support provide package deal (previously referred to as an award letter) by way of e mail. Please evaluation all info in your Financial Aid Offer Notification and observe the directions in your e mail to finish the monetary support course of.