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Our office hours are Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm. Please note that Wednesdays we are closed to student traffic from 9am till 12pm. You can still call us during this time period.


Student Financial Planning
Room139 Black Building
630 West 168 Street
New York, NY 10032
212.305.4100 tel
212.305.0221 fax


Please e-mail the SFP Office with comments or questions regarding financial aid.

Please note that instructions for continuing dental and medical students are different. Follow instructions carefully to avoid delays in your financial aid award.

FOR ALL CONTINUING STUDENTS:

It's time to reapply for financial aid for the 2008-09 academic year. The deadline for filing the FAFSA is March 10, 2008. We are using the Need Access application for the first time this year.

The Need Access application is a free online financial aid application which collects supplemental information for us.  Since some of the information that you provide on the FAFSA is also required on the Need Access application, you may want to complete both applications at the same time. You can apply online at www.needaccess.org.  

If your parents have separate households (separated/divorced) then you must provide complete financial information for each parental household before submitting the information, using passwords for each section if desired.  If you have questions about completing or submitting the application, contact Access Group at 800-334-0540, 302-477-4000 or at NeedAccess@accessgroup.org.

Although the provider of the Need Access application is a lender, you have the right and ability to select the lender of your choice for your loans.  You are not required to use the servicer that administers the Need Access application as your loan provider, and you will suffer no penalty for choosing an education loan provider that is different from the one that administers the Need Access application.

Additional forms are in .pdf that can all be filled out online and then printed in hard copy or downloaded and manually filled in. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the forms.
 

NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO FILL OUT EACH FORM 
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW CAREFULLY!!

Please note that all forms are due in our office by March 10 except for signed copies of tax forms that are due in our office by April 15.

Other Scholarship Opportunities:

Please pay special attention to the May 23 deadline for Interschool Fellowships. You can click on the link above to review eligibility requirements. If you believe you are eligible for any of these scholarships, please write to us as soon as possible, explaining how you qualify.

All Forms can be found in Printable Forms
CONTINUING DENTAL STUDENTS
RENEWING FINANCIAL AID:

Please read the Information for Renewal Dental Applicants for instructions and pertinent information.



CONTINUING MEDICAL STUDENTS
RENEWING FINANCIAL AID:

Please read the Information for Renewal P&S Applicants for instructions and pertinent information.

If you are applying for all "need-based" financial aid (including school money):

FAFSA on the Web
Need Access application
Student Activity Questionnaire
Signed Copy of Parents 2007 Federal Tax Return with Supporting Schedules
Signed Copy of Student's 2007 Federal Tax Return with Supporting Schedules

If you are applying for loans only:

FAFSA on the Web
Student Activity Questionnaire
Signed Copy of Student's 2007 Federal Tax Return with Supporting Schedules

Other Scholarship Opportunities:

Following is a list of additional scholarships available; you can click on each one for eligibility criteria, application, and deadline.

The Alan and Ruth Borenstein Medical Scholarship Fund
The Seymour L. Kaplan Scholarship Fund
The Risq G. Haddad Foundation Scholarship
The Lawrence J. Durante Scholarship Fund


updated 3/19/2008
sb64@columbia.edu

 
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