Online FAFSA

1. You should request a PIN number before filling out your FAFSA. If you are a dependent student, one of your parents must also request a PIN number so they can electronically sign the FAFSA.
   Check your dependency status for the 2006-2007 FAFSA.
    
2. We recommend you print out and complete the Pre-application Worksheet on the FAFSA web site before completing your application. You should have your tax returns available (your parents or your spouse’s tax returns will also be required.)
    
3. Complete the FAFSA using your PIN to electronically sign your FAFSA. If you are a dependent student, your parent must use their PIN to sign the FAFSA, also.

 
Paper FAFSA –
The U.S. Department of Education is encouraging everyone to complete the FAFSA on-line for 2006. Paper FAFSA's are no longer available at the Office of Student Financial Assistance at CBU.

Want to add CBU to an earlier FAFSA? You may do so online using your PIN number. CBU’s code is 003482.

You may check the processing status of your FAFSA online. This does not require a PIN number.

Questions? You can get information from the Center for free by calling this number: 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).

Information specialists at this number can:

• help you complete the FAFSA (either electronic or paper).
• answer your questions about a PIN.
• help you make corrections to your SAR.
• explain federal student aid eligibility requirements and other aspects of student aid.
• explain the process of determining financial need and awarding aid.
• have your application information sent to a specific school.
• send federal student aid publications to you.

Be sure to research outside sources utilizing free scholarship searches.
 

• In approximately three weeks, you will receive a Student Aid Report (SAR) from the U.S. Department of Education.
• If you provided a valid and legible e-mail address and proper signatures, you will be sent an e-mail that includes personal and secure URLs linking you to you SAR information on the web.
• If you did not provide an e-mail address on your FAFSA, you will receive a paper SAR in the mail.
• Keep a copy of the SAR for your records. The SAR summarizes the data you reported on the FAFSA.
• It is important to review your SAR for accuracy. Corrections can be made online by using your PIN or by correcting your paper SAR, signing, and mailing to the address listed on the SAR. Dependents will need a parent signature, also.
  

1. Once you are accepted into Christian Brothers University, the Office of Student Financial Assistance will determine your award and send you an award notification letter. Evening undergraduate and all graduate students must be registered for classes before an award notification letter will be sent.
2. You should review your awards carefully. Your awards are based on the information reported on your FAFSA and full time enrollment in a degree seeking or certification program.
3. You may decline all or portions of your awards by striking through those you do not wish to receive.
4. Return a signed copy of the award notification letter to the Office of Student Financial Assistance. Keep a copy for your records.

REMEMBER:
awards are based on FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT as listed below

• Institutional awards are NOT available if you enroll in less than full time.
• Undergraduate Stafford Loans are not available if you enroll in less than 6 hours per semester.
• Graduate Stafford Loans are not available if you enroll in less than 5 hours per semester.
• Pell grants and/or the Tennessee Student Assistance Award are prorated based on the hours you are enrolled in if less than full time.
• All financial aid must be disbursed in two equal disbursements.
  

• You must turn in the original form for the Master Promissory Notes for Stafford Loans and parent PLUS Loans to the Office of Student Financial Assistance at CBU.
• The Stafford Loan Entrance Interview may be filled out online at mapping-your-future.org.

For your convenience, most other forms may be faxed to our office at 901/321-3227. These include:

Signed Award letter
Verification Worksheets
Student Federal Income Tax Return (signed)
Parent Federal Income Tax Return (signed)
Spouse Federal Income Tax Return (signed)
I-9 –Employment Eligibility Form
Student Responsibility Employment Agreement
W-4 – Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate
Work-study questionnaire
PLAM - PLUS Loan Amount Request form

• Dependent students, along with their parents, should complete the Dependent Verification Worksheet and attach the student’s and the parents’ signed Federal Income tax returns.
• Independent students, along with their spouses, should complete the Independent Verification Worksheet and attach the student’s and the spouse’s signed Federal Income tax returns.