Appeal & Special Circumstance Processing Timeline
Special circumstances submitted prior to you receiving your financial aid award will be reviewed and considered as we review your financial aid file. You and/or your parent will be notified whether or not your special circumstances resulted in you qualifying for additional financial aid by mail or email.
If you submit an appeal to your need based financial aid award, it will be reviewed to determine if the circumstances explained and documented will allow an increase to federal and institutional financial aid funds. However, because institutional funds are limited an appeal may only result in an increase to federal aid funds.
Entering freshmen seeking additional merit based funding should send a letter or email requesting increased merit aid to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
If you file an appeal for either additional merit based or need based aid after you have received your financial aid award, the time to process your appeal will be approximately 10 to 30 business days depending on the time of year. All effort is made to provide incoming freshmen with appeal decisions in time to allow them to make their May 1st commitment decision. You and/or your parent will be notified whether or not your appeal was approved or not approved by mail or email.
Note: Appeals for 2012-2013 entering freshmen that are received after April 15, 2012 will be reviewed and a decision made after the admissions commitment deposit deadline. Students will need to make their commitment decision based on their current financial aid award.
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Appeal and Special Circumstance Form and information on the types of documentation required.