The more accurately you complete the FAFSA and any follow-up documents we request, the more quickly we can determine your award. All federal aid, including student and parent loans, all state aid, and many scholarships are tied to the FAFSA.

Now

Student, obtain a PIN by logging onto www.pin.ed.gov. Provide an e-mail that you check frequently or ask that the PIN be mailed to your current address. Keep your PIN where you can find it. (Start a financial aid folder.)

Now

Parent, obtain a PIN by logging onto www.pin.ed.gov. Provide an email that you check frequently or ask that the PIN be mailed to your current address. Keep your PIN where you can find it. (Start a financial aid folder.)

After Jan. 2, 2008

Log onto www.fafsa.ed.gov to file your 2008-2009 FAFSA. You will use your 2007 federal tax return. If that is not completed now, you can use your 2006 return and then update your FAFSA when your 2007 return is complete.

By Mar. 1, 2008

Indiana residents, file the 2008-2009 FAFSA or FAFSA Renewal to be eligible for State of Indiana grants and benefits. March 10 each year is the absolute deadline.

Three weeks after you file: Check the status of your FAFSA on the FAFSA Web site or call the FAFSA Central Processing Service (800-433-3243). Ask if your EFC (expected family contribution) has been calculated. If it has not, ask what corrections you need to make.

Open all mail from the financial aid office. Return promptly any documents that are requested. Follow directions carefully when returning documents. For example, if submitting a copy of a federal tax return, sign it either on front or on signature line.

By June 1, 2008

Check the State Student Assistance Commission of Indiana (SSACI) Web site (www.ssaci.in.gov/estudent) to see if you have any FAFSA corrections (called “edits” by SSACI) that you need to make. These must be made no later than June 10, 2008.

By Aug. 1

SSACI sends awards only to the Indiana school listed first on the FAFSA. If you are coming to Vincennes University but did not list VU first, you can change that on the SSACI Web site.

Vincennes University's college code is 001843. All campuses of VU—Vincennes, Jasper, Aviation Technology Center, and American Sign Language Program—use this number.

FAFSA - 800.433.3243
SSACI - 888.528.4719 or 317.232.2350

Admissions
812.888.4313 or
800.742.9198
yourfuture@vinu.edu

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