Applying for Financial Aid

A student at Alpert Medical School may apply for financial aid through external sources, which typically consist of Federal student loans, or through Institutional sources consisting of need-based loans or scholarship funds available from the Alpert Medical School. If you wish to be considered for either federal or institutional funding see below for the required forms.

The AMS OFA must receive all application materials by April 1, 2013 in order to be considered for AMS scholarship and AMS loan funding.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS:  Our office is moving to a paperless system for the 2013-2014 financial aid application cycle. In support of this initiative, we ask that you submit your application materials, whenever possible, electronically in a PDF or TIF format. If you are unable to do so, we can still accept your application documents either through the mail or fax. We prefer you do not send us pictures taken with your smart-phone as the photos are often illegible.  Remember to print your Banner ID number on all documents that you send. Thank you for your cooperation as we make our way paperless.

Federal Aid Only

Students applying for Federal Aid only must submit:

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• 2012 student federal income tax returns (signed and complete), all tax schedules and W-2 form(s)
• Student Non-Filer Form (if student is not required to file a tax return)

*Please note: E-file your tax return, if you plan to file, at least two weeks prior to submitting your FAFSA. This will help to ensure that your tax information is processed by the IRS in time to be retrieved electronically into your FAFSA, utilising the FAFSA IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT). AMS students are not required to provide parent information on the FAFSA.

Institutional Aid

Students applying for Institutional Aid must submit the following:

• FAFSA
• Need Access Form
• Alpert Medical School Financial Aid Application
• 2012 student federal income tax returns (signed and complete), tax schedules and W-2 form(s)
• Student Non-Filer Form (if student is not required to file a tax return)
• 2012 parental federal tax returns (signed and complete), tax schedules and W-2 forms
• Parent Non-Filer Form (if one or both parents are not required to file a tax return)

*Please note: If parents plan to request a tax extension, we will require the following forms by the April 1 deadline:

• Copy of tax extension form
• 2011 parental federal tax returns, tax schedules, and W-2 forms