Contact the Financial Aid Office to obtain an application packet containing the necessary application materials and information, including deadlines. Federal Stafford and Federal PLUS loans require additional application forms. Contact the Financial Aid Office for information and forms. Private funding sources often have separate applications as well. As soon as possible.
Deadlines vary according to the type of award offered.
Students who submit required documents by the deadlines published in the financial aid application materials will receive priority consideration for all available funds. The priority deadline for the Federal Perkins Loan, the Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grant, the Cal Grant A and B, and the John F. Kennedy University Scholarship is March 2. Loan applications should be submitted to the Financial Aid Office at least one month prior to the term of intended enrollment. The Financial Aid Office packages various forms of financial aid for which the student is eligible. Parents may borrow up to the student's cost of education minus other financial aid the student is offered.