Financial Aid tips
some suggestions for applying for financial aid
- Take the ACT or SAT by the end of your junior year or early in your senior year to ensure that your official scores are available in time for scholarship consideration.
- Complete your application for BGSU Firelands early in your senior year if you think you will qualify for scholarships.
- Start gathering your income tax documents as soon as possible in January so you can file the FAFSA forms. File the FAFSA with estimated tax information if necessary; corrections can be made at a later date.
- Apply for any outside or community scholarships for which you might be eligible (check with your guidance office or the local library).
- Keep copies of everything you complete that is relative to financial aid.
- Open all mail/e-mail from state and federal agencies and from BGSU immediately. These will include dated materials with deadlines for taking further action. Carefully read them for what to do next, when to do it, and where to mail documents.
- Because BGSU sends almost all correspondence to admitted students by e-mail, please make sure that any e-mail filters you have on your computer do not filter BGSU e-mail as junkmail or SPAM.
- Be very cautious about using an outside consultant to help you complete the FAFSA or find scholarship dollars. If you have questions, call Student Financial Aid at (419) 433-5560 ext. 20655.
- Visit BGSU’s Student Financial Aid Web site: http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sfa which answers frequently asked questions and links to several other sites that offer assistance in financing a college education.