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Welcome to Augusta State University's Financial Aid Office!

The Financial Aid Office is located on the 2nd floor of Payne Hall. Our office is open from 8:00 am until 6:00 pm on Monday and Tuesday and from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm on Wednesday through Friday. Please note that our hours may change around the holidays and during summer semester.


VITAL NEWS

The National Association to Stop Nursing Home Abuse has launched a $5,000 scholarship, exclusively for US students pursuing a degree that will help combat nursing home abuse has been launched The scholarship will cover non-tuition related expenses such as rent, childcare, textbooks, utilities and groceries for the 2012-2013 academic year. The application window is January 15th through February 15th. Students can read full scholarship details at www.nursinghomeabuse.net.

Disclosure & Consumer Information : Please check our Guide to Consumer Information and Student Financial Aid Disclosure forms for detailed information regarding financial aid policies and resources available to you here on campus.

Our office is currently updating accounts for new Spring 2012 students (most current students should already be packaged for Fall 2011/Spring 2012). When checking your requirements via ELROY, please note that the NSLDS Review (NSLDSR), Loan Calculation (FLNCAL), Pell Calculation (PELCAL), and corrected ISIR (CISIR) are all internal requirements for which you do not have to submit documentation. Please submit the necessary paperwork for any other requirements or contact our office for clarification.

Augusta State University's Financial Aid office has a Facebook page now. Please like our page so that you can stay posted on all the latest financial aid updates.

SAP Alert: Augusta State University's Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy is changing effective July 1, 2011. The changes will be in effect during the first SAP evaluation of the 2011-2012 academic year, which occurs at the end of Fall 2011. Please read the Director's Letter for additional details.

Attention Graduating Seniors: Before our office can sign off on your graduation application, you must complete Direct Loan Exit Counseling at www.studentloans.gov if you have received federal student loans. Please bring a copy of your confirmation with you in case our office has not yet received electronic confirmation from the Department of Education.

Loan Processing: If you are receiving a Direct Loan, our office cannot update your Master Promissory Note & Entrance Counseling requirements until we have received electronic confirmation from the Department of Education. If you have completed these requirements at www.studentloans.gov, we will get the confirmation shortly after your loan is certified. No additional action is required on your part.

2011-2012 FAFSA's are now available online! Want to beat the rush? File your FAFSA online now. Just go to www.fafsa.ed.gov. New: You can now also file your FAFSA over the phone. Click here for more information about FAFSA On the Phone.

Financial Aid Priority Deadlines Established!! In an effort to serve our students expeditiously, the FAO has established priority submission deadlines for each term. The annual financial aid deadlines for each term are: Fall Semester - April 1, Spring Semester - October 1, and Summer Semester - March 1. If your financial aid file is complete by the deadline, it should be processed prior to the published tuition and fee payment due date. Your FAFSA AND all required documents (verification, C-Flag, etc.) must be received. Please be mindful that you may submit applications and support documents after the deadline. Our office processes all paperwork based on date order received. While we make our best effort to complete your file as soon as possible, you may have to incur educational expenses until your financial aid is processed.

Note: The financial aid year at Augusta State University runs from fall to summer. For example, your 2011-2012 FAFSA will cover Fall 2011, Spring 2012, and Summer 2012 semesters.

Tips for applying for aid for 2011-2012
As we gear up for the Fall Semester, here are a few tips to help your financial aid application process go smoothly:

  1. Fill out the FAFSA as soon as you file your taxes.
  2. Read your Student Aid Report after you have filed your FAFSA. It will tell you if you have been selected for verification or if there are any problems regarding your FAFSA. If you are selected for verification, there are certain documents you will need to submit to our office. Some of these include signed copies of your federal tax returns (spouse's return, if married and parents' return if a dependent student) and a verification worksheet. If your SAR tells you that you have a c-flag, you should submit documentation to our office to resolve this. If no EFC appears on your SAR, your FAFSA was not processed. Make sure all questions are answered and all required signatures are completed.
  3. HOPE Scholarships are not processed automatically. If you wish to apply for HOPE, apply online at www.gacollege411.org. Once your GSFAPPS has been completed, please submit a HOPE Scholarship Request Form to our office if you are not a graduating high school senior or current Augusta State recipient.
  4. If you answered "Student Loans" or "Both Work Study & Student Loans" for question number 31 on your FAFSA, you will automatically be awarded a Direct Loan that can be accepted via ELROY.
  5. Check the status of your account and documents on ELROY. If you have questions, follow up with our office.

HAVE YOU CHECKED ELROY?? Avoid waiting in a long line . . . check ELROY before you visit the Financial Aid Office! Not sure how?? Be sure to login using your MyASU account. Click here for our Fast Path for Financial Aid on ELROY.

Financial Aid Copy Policy: Effective March 1, 2010, we can no longer provide copies of taxes, W-2's or any other required documents you are submitting for processing.  The documents submitted must be copies that we may keep without duplication.  This change was necessary due to state budget cuts.

ASU Financial Aid Office Confidentiality Policies: Effective immediately, two new Confidentiality Policies have been implemented for our office in order to maintain the confidentiality and privacy of our students' files. The policies are as follows:

 Walk-in Customer Service Confidentiality Policy
Students who wish to know specific information (i.e., types of awards and/or dollar amounts, etc.) about their financial aid records are required to provide the Financial Aid Office Staff with their ASU JagCard. Information concerning a student's file will not be released to a parent, spouse or any other relative without the expressed or written consent of the student. You may, however, obtain specific information regarding your financial aid file by visiting ELROY. We will accept other photo identification for new students who are in the process of applying to ASU and have not received their JagCards.

Telephone Customer Service Confidentiality Policy
Only general information (i.e., forms required to complete your financial aid file, whether your file is complete or not) will be released via the telephone. Information concerning a student's file will not be released to a parent, spouse or any other relative with out the express or written consent of the student. The student; however, may obtain specific information regarding their financial file by visiting ELROY at http://myasu.aug.edu.



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Last Modified: January 23, 2012 by AAZ
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