Dates and Deadlines
Dates and Deadlines
Important Deadlines
To maximize your opportunity to qualify and receive as much aid as possible, it is important you pay important to the various deadlines for each step of the financial aid process. A detailed overview of the various deadlines is below.
Deadlines
FAFSA
**The 2024-2025 FAFSA will be delayed due to changes by the US Department of Education. It is expected to be available in December 2023**
The FAFSA Application is available October 1st the year prior to school beginning. For example, for the 2023-2024 school year, the FAFSA became available October 1, 2022 and will use 2021 tax information.
We encourage all students submit their FAFSA no later than April 1st each year.
| Aid Year | Priority Deadline | Final Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Before April 15, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
| 2024-2025 | Before April 15, 2024 | June 30, 2025 |
New Jersey Aid (TAG, NJ Stars, EOF)
The FAFSA must be RECEIVED by the Federal processor (not postmarked/submitted) by the posted dates to be considered for the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG), Governor’s Urban Scholarship, NJ STARS and NJ STARS II programs. In most cases, your FAFSA for the upcoming year must be processed before April 15th. To ensure adequate time for your FAFSA to process, we strongly recommend the FAFSA is completed for all students by April 1st each year.
Federal Loan Acceptance
| Semester | Loans must be originated & accepted PRIOR to: |
|---|---|
| Fall | the last day of classes for the Fall term. |
| Spring | the last day of classes for the Spring term. |
| Summer | the last day of classes for the Summer term. |
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Appeals
If you are not meeting the standards of Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) you may be able to submit an appeal in order to regain eligibility for the upcoming term. You would have received an email from our office explaining the process. Please make sure you submit your appeal to us as soon as possible, but definitely within the deadlines below.
| If you are ineligible for aid for... | You must have an approved appeal no later than... |
|---|---|
| Fall | the last day of classes of the Fall term. |
| Spring | the last day of classes of the Spring term. |
| Summer | the last day of classes of the Summer term. |
FAFSA Appeal Deadlines
Financial aid appeals due to a qualifying change in family income (Income Adjustment Appeal), or to dependency status related to special circumstances (Dependency Override Appeal) generally require a process of submitting appropriate documentation to our office over the course of a few weeks.
When we approve your appeal we make changes to your FAFSA (aka corrections) which need to be processed by the published Department of Education deadline. To allow us time to review your appeal and request any additional documents that may be needed, you must submit your initial appeal no later than the date listed below.
Please understand that by submitting your initial appeal by the deadline below does not guarantee your appeal will be approved and processed in time for the federal deadline. Help us, help you- respond to all requests for additional documents promptly.
