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HOW DO I APPLY
FOR FINANCIAL AID?
All financial aid
applicants must complete certain forms. Most application forms must be
completed once each award year. Some students may be required to complete
and submit additional forms depending on individual circumstances. A packet
of application materials is available in the Financial Aid Office or at
forms or at www.fafsa.ed.gov
at any time during each award year. An award year consists of the
Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. Following is a list of required forms:
FREE APPLICATION
FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA)
All applicants for
financial aid must complete the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid. This may be done on the paper form available in the Financial Aid
Office or it may be completed on the internet at
www.fafsa.ed.gov. The FAFSA collects the financial information of
the student and/or parents/spouse. When the FAFSA is completed and sent
to the Federal processor, the formula determining eligibility is applied
to this information and an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) is calculated.
The product of this application is a Student Aid Report (SAR) with the
Expected Family Contribution shown on the front page of the report.
The SAR is sent to the student via email if an email address was entered
or in the mail if no email address was given. Students may take the
FAFSA to the Financial Aid Office for review. Computers and assistance
with input are available in the One-Stop Student Services Center.
RENEWAL FAFSA
In the second or
subsequent year(s) of application, a Renewal FAFSA is emailed or paper
form sent to the student by the Federal processor. The Renewal FAFSA
looks like the original application but only asks the student to update
the information from the previous year. Completing and electronically
submitting or mailing the Renewal FAFSA will result in a SAR for the
next aid year being sent to the student. Renewal FAFSAs are emailed/mailed
to continuing students in November. If a student does not receive a
Renewal FAFSA, s/he can use a paper/ internet FAFSA application to reapply
for the new aid year.
FEDERAL STUDENT
AID REPORT (SAR)
The electronic application
takes one to two weeks. Processing of the paper FAFSA normally takes
two to four weeks. The Electronic Student Aid Report (ESAR) or the paper
version, the Student Aid Report (SAR) is your notification that the
FAFSA has been processed. When you receive the ESAR/SAR, it must be
checked for accuracy and resubmitted is changes are needed. Corrections
to this report can be sent electronically through the Skyline Financial
Aid Office (FAO) if you submit a signed SAR at the FAO counter.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION
All students must
also complete the College Supplemental Application. This form is returned
directly to the Skyline College Financial Aid Office. Some information
from the Supplemental Application may be used to update information
shown on the FAFSA. This form is available in a printable version at
skylinecollege.edu and may soon be available in a web format.
ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS
Students transferring
TO Skyline College from a college or trade school outside of the
San Mateo County Community College District must provide a current,
official academic transcript from all schools attended to the Admissions
and Records Office.
ABILITY TO BENEFIT
ASSESSMENT
A student who does
not have a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent, must take an assessment
test to make sure s/he is able to benefit from the curriculum of Skyline
College. If you are required to take an Ability to Benefit Assessment,
contact the Testing/Assessment Center for times and location for this
test at 738-4164 or check the schedule on the website.
OTHER FORMS AND
DOCUMENTS
A certain number of students are required each year to verify the
information supplied on the FAFSA. You may be required to submit additional
information after your SAR data is received and reviewed by the Financial
Aid Office. Some forms that may be requested are as follows:
- Verification Worksheet
- Income Certification
- IRS – 1040,
1040A, or Telefile
- INS (Immigration
and Naturalization Service) documents to verify eligible non-citizen
status
- Verification of
Selective Service registration
- Your Social Security
Card
- Education Plan
– an education plan for your degree or certificate program must
be completed with a counselor by the midpoint of your first semester
at Skyline College. A second evaluation of your education plan should
be done with a counselor after completion of 30 units or at approximately
the 50% point of completion of your program.
The Financial Aid
Office will notify you if any of these or other documents are required
to complete your file. All of these other forms are to be submitted directly
to the Financial Aid Office. DO NOT MAIL THEM TO THE FEDERAL PROCESSOR
WITH YOUR FAFSA. Please note, you can check your file status on WebSMART
as well as print forms from the Financial Aid
Website
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