2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

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2. Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA)
First-year applicants should obtain
a FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov,
from their high school guidance office,
or by calling 1-800-4FED-AID.
Transfer applicants should obtain
a FAFSA online, from their current college’s
financial aid office, or by calling
the number above.
Continuing students should apply
online each year.
All students must include the
Columbia University School of
Engineering and Applied Science’s
school code on the FAFSA form.
FAFSA code for SEAS: E00486
Students and their parents submitting
the FAFSA online should request
PIN numbers from the FAFSA Web site,
so that they may complete the FAFSA
with an online signature. FAFSA applicants
without PIN numbers may print
a signature page and mail it in to the
FAFSA Processor. All online FAFSA
applicants should wait for and print out
the confirmation page, to ensure that
their online submission has been received.
Columbia recommends waiting until
after federal income tax returns have
been completed before completing
the FAFSA form, but no later than the
following deadlines:
March 1: First-year candidates, both early
and regular decision
April 20: Transfer applicants
May 5: Continuing students
3. Noncustodial Profile
Columbia believes that the principal
responsibility for meeting educational
costs belongs to the family and offers
financial aid only to supplement the family’s
resources. If the student’s natural
parents are divorced or separated,
Columbia requires each parent to provide
financial information as part of the
student’s application for financial aid.
The parent with whom the applicant
lives most of the year should complete
the PROFILE Form and the FAFSA.
The noncustodial parent should submit
an income tax return and the CSS
Noncustodial Profile (online form provided
as a link once the CSS PROFILE is submitted).
First-year and transfer applicants and
continuing students should complete the
CSS Noncustodial PROFILE. The deadlines
for completing this form are:
November 15: First-year early decision
candidates
March 1: First-year regular decision
candidates
April 20: Transfer applicants
May 5: Continuing students
4. Business/Farm Information
If the student or parents own all or part
of a business, corporations, or partnership,
or are farm tenants, a complete
copy of the most recent business tax
return (including all schedules) must be
submitted to Columbia. Sole proprietors
must submit Schedule C. The deadlines
to return these documents to the financial
aid office are:
November 15: First-year early decision
candidates
March 1: First-year regular decision
candidates
April 20: Transfer applicants
May 5: Continuing students
SEAS 2009–2010