How Do I Apply for Financial Aid?
- File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a common application form used by many colleges.
- The FAFSA is available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov on January 1 each year. High school seniors may request a paper FAFSA, if preferable, from their high school.
- Application instructions for UW applicants are online at http://www.washington.edu/students/osfa.
- Your correct Social Security Number (SSN) must be on all financial aid application materials, as well as on your application for admission, or your financial aid application cannot be processed.
- When filling out the FAFSA, use the UW’s Title IV code, 003798.
What is Financial Need?
There is no “income cut-off” for estimating eligibility. Any student who believes s/he will need assistance paying for school should apply.
- “Need” is the difference between what it costs a student to attend the UW for an academic year and the funds the student and his/her family can be expected to contribute toward those costs.
- A student’s resources include contributions from parents’ income and assets (calculated by a uniform method mandated by the federal government), the student’s income and assets (and spouse’s, if married), outside or private scholarships, and other sources of financial support.
- Students receiving financial aid, as well as other student employees on campus, may not work more than 19.5 hours a week. All students are encouraged to give first priority to academic pursuits.
FAFSA FILING DATES
Meet the deadlines! For priority consideration for 2010-2011, your FAFSA should be transmitted/sent by February 15 and must be dated as received by the federal processor by February 28, 2010. You must list the “University of Washington-Seattle,” Code *#003798*.
TOTAL EXPENSES for residents, 2009-2010: $20,445