In order to meet the May 1 PHEAA State Grant deadline, you must file your FAFSA for 2017–18 as soon as possible. You may go to www.fafsa.gov to file this new form necessary for fall 2017, spring 2018 and summer 2018 attendance. Filing by May 1 could qualify you for a PHEAA State Grant and provide you with free money that does not have to be repaid.

For the 2017-18 FAFSA, it will ask you for 2015 income, which is the same income reported on the 2016-17 FAFSA. Please utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to import you and your parent’s 2015 income directly onto the FAFSA form.

The FAFSA has been open to file for 2017-18 since Oct. 1 allowing students an additional three months to get the form filed in time. In addition, utilizing the 2015 income data means students and parents do not need to wait for 2016 tax forms.

We will be emailing students with outstanding document requirements as soon as we receive your FAFSA. Please be sure to check your email daily. Returning students will be packaged with aid awards after the commencement of spring 2017 when final grades have been posted. Packaging should occur in late May/early June for returning students who have a 2017-18 FAFSA on file and all document requirements are satisfied.

If you do not have a 2017-18 FAFSA on file or you have not complied with our requests for documentation, we will be unable to provide you with aid. In addition, if you have outstanding document requirements, your aid will not show as credit on your fall 2017 bill issued by Student Accounts in July.

For a seven-step online tutorial on filing the FAFSA, please visit http://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/fafsasimplification/ and view seven short videos detailing each of the seven steps of the FAFSA. Please be sure to click on each tab at the top of the page to watch the corresponding video.

If you would like assistance in filing, please contact the Financial Aid office either by phone at 717-477-1131 or by email finaid@ship.edu to schedule an appointment with an adviser.

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