2024-25 FAFSA Updates

Updates for Students and Families

If you haven't already, now is the time to submit your 2024-25 FAFSA! 你越早申请资助，你就会越早收到你的经济资助通知书.

以下是未来几个月的预期:

• Immediately (if you haven't already): Prospective undergraduate and graduate students should apply for financial aid for the 2024-25 academic year as soon as possible.
• Mid-to-Late April: We'll begin to notify students if any additional documentation is needed to process their application.
• Late April/Early May: 我们会开始给新生发助学金, 计划秋季正规赌博十大平台排行的学生. 
• Early July: 我们将开始向回归的杜学生发送经济援助通知.

Be sure to keep an eye on your financial aid checklist and pay attention to emails from the financial aid office! 如果您有任何问题，请随时与我们联系 finaid@hntcwedding.com or 303-871-4020.

2024-25 Application & Aid Offer TImelines

更多正规赌博十大平台排行申请流程的信息 undergraduate and graduate/law students is available on our website.

We plan to begin sending aid offers within the timelines listed below to students who are admitted to DU and have completed the aid application process. However, these dates are subject to change as we receive new information from our software providers and the Department of Education.

2024-25 Application & Aid Offer Timelines

Admission Round/ Student Type	Admission App Deadline	CSS Profile Priority Deadline	FAFSA Priority Deadline	Estimated Financial Aid Offers Sent*	DU Begins to Send Final Financial Aid Offers
Early Decision I	November 1	November 15	March 1	Early December	Late April/Early May
Early Action	November 1	November 26	March 1	Late December
Early Decision II	January 15	February 1	March 1	Mid-February
Regular Decision	January 15	February 5	March 1	Late February
Returning Undergrads	n/a	April 15	April 15	n/a	Early July
New Graduate & Law Students	varies by program	n/a	March 1	n/a	Late April/Early May
Returning Graduate & Law Students	n/a	n/a	April 15	n/a	Early July

*Estimated financial aid offers were sent to students who submitted the CSS Profile and the Noncustodial Parent CSS Profile (if required).

What changed with the FAFSA?

FAFSA简化法案有很多好处, including a more streamlined application process and a better user experience for the FAFSA, 扩大获得联邦学生援助的资格, 并减少了某些学生群体的障碍(例如.g., homeless and unaccompanied youth, incarcerated students, English language learners, and students from low-income backgrounds).

一些根本性的变化包括但不限于:

• The FAFSA is shorter and more user-friendly.

  FAFSA将最大问题数从108个减少到46个. And because the FAFSA on the Web is dynamic, 有些学生甚至没有全部回答46道问题. This streamlined format simplifies the application process and makes it less daunting for students and their families.

• Students may list up to 20 colleges.

  此前，FAFSA只允许学生列出最多10所高校.

• The FAFSA is available in more languages.

  此前，FAFSA只提供英语和西班牙语版本. The 2024-25 application was expanded to include the 11 most common languages spoken by English learner students and their parents.

• 申请人必须使用美国国税局直接数据交换. 

  Previously, users had the option to enter their tax information manually or use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. Beginning with 2024-25, all persons on the FAFSA must provide consent for the Department of Education to receive tax information or confirmation of non-filing status directly from the IRS. In a very small number of cases, 学生和家庭将不得不手动输入他们的税务数据, but for most, 该数据将自动传输到应用程序中. This change makes it easier to complete the FAFSA and reduces the number of questions to be answered.

• 所有“贡献者”必须提供财务信息.

  A contributor—a new term being introduced on the 2024-25 FAFSA—refers to anyone who is required to provide information on a student's form (such as a parent/stepparent or spouse). A student's or parent's answers on the FAFSA will determine which contributors (if any) will be required to provide information.

  投稿人将收到一封电子邮件，告知他们已被确认为投稿人, and will need to log in using their own FSA ID (if they don't already have one) to provide the required information on the student's FAFSA.

  Being a contributor does not mean they are financially responsible for the student's education costs, but it does mean the contributor must provide information on the FAFSA or the application will be incomplete and the student will not be eligible for federal student aid.

• 学生资助指数(SAI)取代预期家庭贡献(EFC). 

  A notable terminology update within the new FAFSA is the replacement of the term Expected Family Contribution (EFC) with the Student Aid Index (SAI). 这个名称更准确地描述了用于确定援助资格和资格的数字, unlike the EFC, SAI可以是负数，低至-1500.

• 大学里的数字不被用来计算SAI. 

  Previously, FAFSA计算了在EFC上大学的家庭成员的数量, 按比例分配以确定联邦援助资格. Beginning with the 2024-25 FAFSA, 该应用程序仍然会询问有多少家庭成员在上大学, 但你的回答不会被计算进SAI. As such, undergraduate DU students with siblings in college may see a change in their federal aid eligibility.

  DU will continue to use the number in college for undergraduate students when determining eligibility for need-based institutional financial aid.

• 有些学生会自动获得佩尔助学金. 

  家庭收入低于175%单亲家庭收入低于225% federal poverty level will see their students receive a maximum Federal Pell Grant award. 最低佩尔助学金将保证给家庭收入低于275%的学生, 325%, 350%, or 400% of the poverty level, depending on household structure. 佩尔奖学金的最高和最低金额将由SAI决定.

• The parent responsible for submitting the FAFSA in cases of divorce or separation has changed.

  For dependent students, financial information was previously needed from the parent(s) the student had lived with the most in the last 12 months. With the new FAFSA, financial information will be required from the parent(s) who provided the most financial support to the student.

• 家庭农场和小企业必须作为资产申报.

  When required, families must now report the value of their small business or family farm. 家庭农场包括主要居住地的, applicants should determine the total net value of all farm assets and subtract the net value of their principal residence to determine the final value of their farm assets.

What hasn't changed?

While the FAFSA received an update and the aid eligibility calculation has been revised, 有一些与援助有关的事项没有改变.

• For DU undergraduate students, institutional need-based aid (including the DU Educational Grant) is still determined by the CSS Profile, not the FAFSA.
• 杜克大学学生可获得的一般援助类型 federal student loan limits did not change.
• The FAFSA is still required for consideration of federal and state financial aid every year.
• Dependency status questions 来决定你的父母是否必须填写FAFSA.
• FAFSA仍然要求上一年的税务信息, 这意味着你将在2024-25年的申请表上报告2022年的收入和资产. 收入大幅减少的家庭可以考虑提交一份 appeal.
• DU的正规赌博十大平台排行申请截止日期没有改变.
• 正规赌博十大平台排行申请人性别的问题, race, and ethnicity have no effect on federal student aid eligibility and are included for statistical purposes and data collection only. 事实上，DU甚至不会从FAFSA收到这些数据.

Disclaimer

杜的经济援助办公室致力于为学生提供及时的最新信息, families, and our community. 由于大量的变化正在发生, 对于2024-2025学年，我们网站的部分内容可能还不是100%准确. We'll continue to update this page as we receive more information from the Department of Education and Federal Student Aid, and appreciate your patience as we work to implement the changes brought by the FAFSA Simplification Act.