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FINANCIAL AID

Required Documents
Listed below are the documents required by Mt. San Antonio college for the academic year. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required when applying for Federal and State Funding. Students who received a Renewal FAFSA may complete it rather than a new FAFSA.

Students must REAPPLY EACH ACADEMIC YEAR for financial aid. Documents required to be filed for all students are as follows:

*FAFSA: You will be submitting the original FAFSA application or a renewal application online at www.fafsa.ed.gov (apply with your name exactly as it appears on your social security card). In order to be a priority student your FAFSA Application must be processed by April 15.

IMPORTANT: The following documents must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office:
Budget/Supplemental Information Sheet.
Copy of your I.D. card with picture (You provide the copy)
*When you receive your Student Aid Report (SAR), submit it to our office only if Mt. SAC is not listed. If Mt. SAC is listed, keep for your records only.

The following documents are required only if they apply to you:
Non-Citizens:
Alien Registration Card - recent issue (if you are a non-citizen). A copy of both front and back.

All Transfers:
Academic Transcripts (to be requested from each school attended AFTER HIGH SCHOOL) to be sent to Admissions Office for evaluation. Once evaluated, you must request a copy be sent to the Financial Aid Office by submitting a Transcript Control Card to Admissions and Records Office.

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Other suggestions that will assist with the processing of your Financial Aid application are:

  1. File an Admissions application if you are not a current student. Indicate your Major. A Major listed as "Undecided" or "General Interest" is not an eligible Major for Financial Aid. See a counselor to update your Major
  2. Notify Admissions and Financial Aid of name and/or address changes immediately.
  3. Apply early. If you wait to submit your forms you may encounter long lines and lengthy waiting periods.
  4. Attend a Financial Aid Seminar on Campus to assist you in completing your application.

Mt. San Antonio College is a Quality Assurance Institution with the Department of Education. If you are selected as a verification student, we will contact you for additional documentation that you MUST provide. Such information may include tax returns. Untaxed income verification, enrollment verification of other family members, etc. and a verification worksheet.

If you are selected as a Verification Student and you are a Dependent Student, you will be required to turn in the following documents:

  1. Copy of Student's Federal 1040 and W-2s for 2002
  2. Copy of Parent's Federal 1040 and W-2s for 2002
  3. Verification of Untaxed Income
  4. Dependent Verification Work Sheet

If you are Independent:

  1. Copy of Student/Spouse Federal 1040 and W-2s for 2002
  2. Verification of Untaxed Income
  3. Independent Verification Work Sheet
There may be additional paperwork which may be required. Respond to any request for additional documents A.S.A.P. to avoid delaying the processing of your Financial Aid file. Once your Financial Aid file is complete, you will receive an award letter in the mail. The award letter will list all aid awarded for the academic year. (Click here to see sample Award Letter) Along with the award letter, you will be sent an Award Authorization Sheet explaining the award process.
Applying for Student Loans

Once you have received your Award Letter and you are interested in applying for a student loan, call the Financial Aid Office at Extension 4450 and sign-up for an Entrance Counseling Session. These one hour sessions are mandatory for student loans and are offered once per month. You will receive all necessary loan requisition forms at this session and have all your questions answered.

Once you have attended a loan session and completed and submitted all required documents, it is approximately a 4 to 6 week process before loan funds are disbursed, if your loan is approved.