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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Fall financial aid disbursement and refunds:

  The process of crediting financial aid to a student’s term bill is called a disbursement.

  Fall semester financial aid, which includes student loans, cannot be disbursed to a student’s account until the College can confirm enrollment for the semester. This is a Federal/State financial aid requirement. The reason behind this requirement is that certain aid eligibility is based on the number of courses/units a student is registered for during the semester. Therefore, we must wait until after the Add/Drop period for course adjustments has ended and Fall semester schedules are finalized before we can disburse aid. We anticipate this process will take place on or around September 14.

  After the aid has disbursed to the student’s account, and the Fall term bill has been paid, the Office of Student Accounts will process any credits on the account as a refund. Traditionally, it takes 14 days for the College to process a refund. For questions on the refund process or about direct deposit information, please visit the Student Accounts website: https://studentaccounts.tcnj.edu/

• TCNJ Participating in the new Garden State Guarantee program: The Garden State Guarantee program will be effective as of the Fall 2022 semester. For more information please visit: https://financialaid.tcnj.edu/garden-state-guarantee/
• New and returning TCNJ students: Complete your 2022-2023 FAFSA at www.studentaid.gov prior to April 15. Remember you will need a completed FAFSA on file at TCNJ even if you are only borrowing student loans.

  Official financial aid award notices for the 2022-2023 academic were sent on July 14th. Award notices are emailed on a weekly basis throughout the school year as more records become complete. Students with award revisions are also notified via email.

  Our office can only speak to students about financial aid matters unless the student grants the parent/guardian Authorized User status. To learn more click here: https://authorizeduser.tcnj.edu/

  We highly recommend students monitor their “To Do” list in PAWS on a weekly basis for any missing documentation. For PAWS tutorials please click on the following link: https://pawshelp.tcnj.edu/undergraduate-students/current-students/

  When submitting documents to the office please make sure that they are legible, accurate, signed (if required) and that all pages have indeed been submitted. Incomplete documentation will result in delays in processing your aid.

  You can review the billing calendar for important dates here: https://studentaccounts.tcnj.edu/billing/billing-calendar/

  Our current 2022-2023 Cost of Attendance budgets can be viewed here: https://financialaid.tcnj.edu/about/cost-of-attendance/.

  For financial aid tutorials to frequently asked question please visit: https://financialaid.tcnj.edu/financial-aid-tutorials/

  For parents looking to borrow loans for the next academic year, there are various options available in the links located at the bottom of this webpage. You can review the information listed for the Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan, the State’s NJCLASS Loan and private loans listed under the Alternative Student Loans or ELM Select links. Each one of the links will send you to the corresponding website with more information on how to apply. Due to federal regulations, we cannot recommend one loan over another. In addition, we suggest that when you apply, you apply for the entire academic year. When applying for the year, lenders send the first half of the loan in September to cover the Fall bill and the second half in February to cover the Spring bill. We recommend researching how student loans work by visiting our Financial Aid Tutorials page.

• Office Operations
  The Office of Student Financial Assistance continues its hybrid office operations for the academic year.

  We have alternating staff coverage in the office at all times. The Office is open Monday through Friday 8:30AM – 4:00PM. For information about campus COVID guidelines, please visit: https://covid19.tcnj.edu/.

  If you have any questions, please email us at osfa@tcnj.edu or call 609-771-2211.

  If you need to submit documents to our office, you may do so via one of the following methods:

  Email: Scan and send to osfa@tcnj.edu

  Fax: (609) 637-5154

  Regular mail at:

  The College of New Jersey/Office of Student Financial Assistance
  Green Hall, Room 101
  P. O. Box 7718
  Ewing, NJ 08628

  The Office is open for walk-in questions Monday through Friday from 8:30AM – 4:00PM. Students may also request an appointment by phone or virtual format as well, please email us at osfa@tcnj.edu with your request for an appointment.

  Thank you.

• Private Scholarship Awards
  Federal regulations require students to report yearly award amounts and descriptions of any grants and scholarships received from sources outside The College of New Jersey. Please click on the link below for more information:
  https://financialaid.tcnj.edu/about/scholarships/private-scholarship-awards/
• The State of New Jersey has updated their application deadlines, please refer to the following link for further information: https://www.hesaa.org/Pages/StateApplicationDeadlines.aspx
• IRS Warns Students and Staff of Impersonation Email Scam

• Financial Aid Process Updates
  Income tax data can easily be transferred from the IRS to your FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool: https://studentaid.gov/help/how-use-irs-drt IRS Tax Return Transcripts or a signed home copy of your tax forms will be required if you are selected for verification and you did not use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
• NJ HESAA Electronic Document Collection for 2022-2023:
  https://www.hesaa.org/Pages/GrantsUploadDocuments.aspx