Become a Royal! Scranton offers the perfect combination of academic environment, social experience, and personal support our students need to build successful lives and careers.
Become a Royal! Scranton offers the perfect combination of academic environment, social experience, and personal support our students need to build successful lives and careers.
File a FAFSA application for aid. Without the application you will not be considered for need-based grants, Stafford Loans and federal work study.
Attend a financial aid seminar. High schools, colleges or community groups usually offer free presentations in October or November.
Rely on professional advice offered free of charge from high school guidance counselors and college financial aid administrators.
Obtain all required literature from your selection of prospective colleges and comply with their application requirements and deadlines.
DON'T
Fail to file an application
Wait until you get accepted to a school to file the financial aid application. File aid applications for all schools you are interested in by their published deadlines.
Rely on acquaintances and relatives for financial aid advice. No one school, family or circumstances are the same.
Send information by special delivery, overnight mail or private carrier. Use first class mail, unless instructed otherwise.
Sign, date or submit the FAFSA application, when available, of the year before you will be attending school.
