DEADLINE FOR SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH
YEAR M.D. and Ph.D. STUDENTS..............April 22, 2008

All continuing students who apply for financial assistance must submit the MSM Financial Aid Application; and 2007 Federal Income Tax Return (including all W-2 forms for the student, spouse and parents) or Non-filers Certification to the SFAO by the above date.

CONTINUING STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE:

The U.S. Department of Education automatically mailed a PIN to all graduate students eligible to file a 2008-2009 renewal FAFSA. PIN’s were mailed to the permanent address listed on last year’s FAFSA form. If you did not receive a PIN, you may request a replacement PIN at www.pin.ed.gov. You will need the pin number to file your renewal FAFSA on the Web. 

Students who did not file a FAFSA form last year may also complete the FAFSA at www.fafsa.ed.gov.  You will not need a PIN if you are completing the FAFSA for the first time.  However, you may request a PIN at www.pin.ed.gov should you desire to make future changes to your initial data.

Please Note:   You must complete the renewal on the web at www.fafsa.ed.gov. 

Written documentation must be provided to verify that you filed the FAFSA or renewal FAFSA.  The FAFSA must be completed by the financial aid deadline date.

Errors will delay the processing of your financial aid information.  We recommend that you complete the 2007 tax return prior to completing the FAFSA form.

IMPORTANT: Loan applications can not be processed until all information on the FAFSA form is correct.

The Parent Section of the FAFSA Form must be completed only if you wish to be considered for institutional financial aid (i.e., MSM grants, MSM loans, SDS, LDS, Primary Care Loans).

Note:   CONTINUING STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SUBMIT THE REQUIRED INFORMATION BY THE ESTABLISHED DEADLINE DATES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS.

DEADLINE FOR MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS           JUNE 9, 2008

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

To qualify for most financial aid programs and to maintain eligibility for these programs, Federal regulations state you must meet the following qualifications:

U.S. Citizen or permanent resident

Accepted for admission to the medical school

• Enrolled in good standing at least half-time
• Demonstrate financial need. Financial need is the difference between the reasonable and approved costs incurred by a student at MSM and all resources available to the student (i.e. contribution from the parents, student and spouse, (if applicable), and any outside aid the student is eligible to receive).
• Maintain satisfactory academic progress for financial aid.

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• Registered for the draft with Selective Service if you are a male, at least 18 years old, born after December 31, 1959, and not currently a member of the Armed Forces.
• Once the above criteria are met, funds are released only if the student has no debts outstanding to MSM and has not defaulted on any Title IV Higher Education Act (HEA) loan, (Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Perkins, Federal PLUS/Federal SLS) made for attendance at any institution, and does not owe a refund on any Title IV HEA grant (Federal Work Study, Federal SEOG, Federal Pell Grant, SSIG) received for attendance at any institution.