Financial Aid & Scholarships
Follow these guidelines to be considered for financial aid: ◆ Complete your Free Application for Federal Student Aid online at studentaid.gov by the priority deadline of March 1. JMU’s Title IV Federal School Code is 003721. ◆ If you have already filed a 2024-2025 FAFSA and you did not list JMU, please contact the Department of Education at 1-800-4-FED-AID to add JMU. Once complete, the federal processing center will send your FAFSA information to JMU. If your orig- inal FAFSA had reached the federal processor by the priority filing date, then we will see that information. ◆ If your prior school has awarded you financial aid for the 2024-2025 academic school year, please cancel your aid. In some instances, JMU will not be able to disburse aid to you until this happens. If it is determined that additional information is needed to complete the FAFSA review, then an email will be sent to your JMU email requesting the necessary veri- fication materials. An official financial aid offer cannot be generated until the documents are received and the review is complete. It is important to reply to these requests for information as quickly as possible to maximize your financial aid package.
The process of sending official financial aid offers gen- erally begins around the end of June. Offers will be sent to your JMU email address. This notice will direct you to MyMadison to accept or decline your offers, as well as provide instructions for any additional documents that need to be submitted in order to complete the acceptance process. Please note that all students accepting a Federal Direct Loan at JMU for the first time must complete Entrance Loan Counseling and a Master Loan Promissory Note in order to receive their loan funds. Instructions will be given to the student on MyMadison after the loan is accepted.
Parents accepting a Federal Parent PLUS Direct Loan must complete a PLUS Loan application each year, as well as a Master Loan Promissory Note the first time they accept a Federal Parent PLUS Direct Loan at JMU (for a particular student). Instruc- tions for doing this will be included on the Parent PLUS Direct Loan Offer Notice, which is emailed to parents at the email address listed on the FAFSA. The notice is mailed if an email address is not provided. All students (and parents) are encour-
aged to review JMU Terms and Conditions of Financial Aid – Consumer Information at jmu.edu/financialaid for more information regarding financial aid and required disclosures.
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