How to Request Financial Aid
A student requests assistance from the Financial Aid Office
by completing and submitting the following materials:
(1) Thomas Aquinas College's Confidential Family Financial
Statement (CFFS). This form is obtained from the College
and submitted directly to the College's Financial Aid Office.
The CFFS can also be downloaded from
College's website.
(2) The Department of Education's Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA is required
of all U.S. citizens and permanent residents seeking financial
aid fromt he College. The easiest way to complete the FAFSA is
on-line at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
(The student and at least one parent will need to request a PIN
from www.pin.ed.gov
in order to sign the FAFSA on-line.) The FAFSA can also be completed
using a paper version of the form, but the processing time is
much slower. Paper FAFSAs can be obtained from college counseling
offices at most high schools or from the Financial Aid Office
at Thomas Aquinas College.
The results of both the on-line and paper forms will be sent
to the College so long as the College's schools code is included
in the appropriate section of the FAFSA. The school code for Thomas
Aquinas College is 023580. Thomas Aquinas College requires
that parental income and asset information be included on the
FAFSA for both dependent and independent students unless
the Director of Financial Aid has specifically instructed otherwise.
(3) Tax returns: Any Freshman applying for financial assistance
and any returning student who is a first-time aid applicant must
provide a signed copy of his parents' federal tax return with
all W-2s, supporting schedules, and K-1s, as well as a signed
copy of the student's federal tax return with all W-2s, supporting
schedules, and K-1s.
If a parent or student owns an interest in a business corporation
or partnership, he must provide a signed copy of the following
forms taken from the corporate or partnership tax return:
Schedule L (Balance Sheet) and Form K-1 (Share of Income,
Credits, Deductions). A financial aid application will not
be processed if either of these pages from the corporate/partnership
tax form is missing.
If a student's parents have separated or divorced, the noncustodial
parent's household must provide the same tax information as is
asked of the custodial parent's household. Noncustodial parents
must also complete a Noncustodial Parent Statement. This
form can be requested by phone or e-mail from the Financial Aid
Office.
(4) Other Information: In some cases the College may require
additional information to clarify unusual circumstances. In other
cases regulations require that information provided by applicants
who are requesting federal or state assistance be verified with
additional documentation.
(5) Loan application: If a student intends to borrow from
the Stafford Student Loan program, and is an incoming freshman,
a Master Promissory Note application (MPN) will be sent
with the financial aid award letter. The MPN should be completed
and returned to the College's Financial Aid Office along with
the other signed financial aid paperwork. Alternatively, a student
may complete his MPN online through the website of any one of
the participating lenders. Please
notify the Financial Aid Office by phone or e-mail if you have
completed your MPN on-line. If a student intends to borrow
from a source other than the Stafford Student Loan program (e.g.
Canada Student Loan program), the appropriate forms should be
obtained by the student and submitted to the loan agency.
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