Financial Aid Timeline

November & December

• Apply for admission
• High School students attend Financial Aid Night if offered at your school
• Search for scholarships and other outside resources
  • SWCC Education Foundation Scholarship application available
• SWCC students complete exit counseling if graduating or leaving SWCC and have received loans

January

• Complete Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) at www.fafsa.ed.gov
• List SWCC to receive FAFSA information

February

• Respond to any requests from SWCC in regards to your processed FAFSA

March

• Complete summer application for financial aid if planning on attending first summer session

April

• Begin processing estimated award packets for first-time freshman
• Complete exit counseling if graduating or leaving SWCC and have received loans
• New students sign up for Success Seminar (freshman orientation)
• Begin selecting Education Foundation Scholarship recipients
• Update FAFSA with actual income filed with IRS

May

• New students request final transcripts to be sent to SWCC from high school or other colleges attended
• Spring Graduation
• Complete exit counseling if graduating in June and have received loans
• Begin processing official financial aid award packets

June

• Summer Graduation
• Complete FAFSA prior to state aid deadline of July 1
• Begin processing award packets for returning students

July

• Attend Success Seminar (freshman orientation)
• College bills are sent; federal aid awarded will appear on the bill but will not credit until after fall semester has started
• Return award packet materials, if requested
• Complete entrance counseling if borrowing student loan
• Complete master promissory note (first-time loan), if requested

August

• Attend Success Seminar (freshman orientation)
• Classes begin
• Contact private/outside donors or other resources for payment to SWCC