Special Circumstances

If you or your family have encountered personal or financial hardships that were not accurately reflected at the time you filled out your FAFSA, Financial Aid can review your file for consideration of special circumstances.

Financial Aid representatives can make professional judgment decisions on a case-by-case basis to change a dependent student’s status to independent, to increase or decrease one or more of the data elements used to calculate the Expected Family Contribution (EFC), and/or increase the cost of attendance.

Each of these decisions is made on an individual basis and will require supporting documentation.

Financial Aid Re-Evaluation
Request for Independent Status
Student Cost of Attendance Adjustments
Appealing Financial Aid Decisions