All students who wish to receive financial aid (grants, scholarships, work-study and loans):
- Must be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen
- Must be degree-seeking in an eligible program as determined by the university
- [Male students] must be registered with the Selective Service, if required. Students can check requirements at www.sss.gov.
- Must Apply for Financial Aid each year as well as submit additional documentation as requested
- Must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards (see tab below)
- Must not be in default on a student loan
- Must certify that financial aid be used for educational purposes only
- Must certify that if the student purposely gives false or misleading information, the student may be fined up to $20,000, sent to prison, or both.
- Must not have drug-related offenses - A student who has been convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance shall not be eligible to receive any grant, loan, or work assistance during the period beginning on the date of such conviction and ending after the interval specified in the following table:
- If convicted of an offense involving:
- The possession of a controlled substance--ineligibility period is:
- First offense ................................... 1 year
- Second offense ............................... 2 years
- Third offense .................................. Indefinite
- The sale of a controlled substance--ineligibility period is:
- First offense ................................... 2 years
- Second offense ............................... Indefinite
[More information available on Student Aid on the Web Tools and Resources]
E-mail is an official means of communication for students at University of Colorado Denver|Anschutz Medical Campus. All official university e-mail will be sent to each student’s assigned university e-mail address. The university will only use student e-mail accounts if it elects to send e-mail communications to students. University e-mail accounts are available through IT Services. Students are responsible for reading e-mails received from the university.
More information is available on the university e-mail policy page.
Verification is the process of comparing the information on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application with documents provided by the student. The process is to verify the accuracy of the application information. The verification policies are used in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education verification guidelines.
Verification Policy:
- The policy ensures that the information provided by the applicant is correct before any funds are awarded to the student.
- All applications selected for verification by the U.S. Department of Education will be verified. Others may be selected by the University's Financial Aid Office if inconsistent data information exists.
- In accordance with federal guidelines, the University's Financial Aid policy is to withhold the awarding of Federal Student Financial Aid until the verification process is completed.
Deadline:
- An e-mail reminder is sent to the student's university e-mail account if additional documents are requested.
- The To Do List in Student Center on the UCD Access portal will also list the additional documents requested.
- The requested verification documents must be received within 45 days of the first notification that documents are needed.
- The Financial Aid Office must receive all verification documents no later than 30 days before the last day of enrollment or the end of the school year, whichever is earlier.
How do I get to Student Center?
Corrections and Notifications:
- Corrections by the university: If the verification process results in corrections to any items on the FAFSA, the Financial Aid Office will submit those changes electronically. The student will be notified by the FAFSA Central Processor of the changes through email. The Financial Aid Office will award the student financial aid funds based on the corrected FAFSA results.
- Corrections by the student: In the event that the student must make changes or additions online, the Financial Aid Office will contact the student to make corrections electronically at www.fafsa.gov.
Financial aid is calculated first by calculating the student's financial need for grants and the Subsidized loan.
The formula to calculate financial need is:
Cost of Attendance - EFC = Financial Need
- The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus will award financial aid after the Financial Aid Office has received and processed all necessary documentation (see Verification section).
- Financial aid awarding generally begins in the May timeframe for the upcoming school year. Summer financial aid is awarded in the late-April to early May timeframe prior to the start of the summer semester.
- Students are awarded financial aid for the academic year based on full-time enrollment. Pell and TEACH grant amounts will be prorated for students enrolled less than full-time.
- Summer financial aid is based on half-time enrollment and remaining Stafford loans awarded if the annual limit had not been accepted by the student for the fall and spring semesters.
- Award notification will be sent to the student's university e-mail account when awards are ready, and anytime thereafter when awards change.
- Go to the Accept or Decline Your Financial Aid Awards link in Student Center of the UCD Access portal to view and accept, reduce, or decline offered awards.
- Certain awards may be cancelled if no action is taken.
- Students borrowing their first student loan at the university must complete the loan entrance counseling and master promissory note (MPN) at studentloans.gov.
- Parents accepting the Parent PLUS Loan must complete the PLUS Application and Master Promissory Note (MPN) at studentloans.gov.
How do I get to Student Center?
- Financial aid cannot exceed the student's financial need or the Cost of Attendance (COA) for the semester or enrollment period. So, in these cases, aid will be reduced or canceled. For example:
- If a student's residency status changes from non-resident to resident, their budget and aid will be reduced.
- If a student receives a scholarship that causes the total aid to exceed the total Cost of Attendance, aid will be adjusted.
- Students receiving grants, scholarships or other forms of aid not appearing on their award should notify the Financial Aid Office through the Student Center of the UCD Access portal.
How do I get to Student Center?
The Student Loan Code of Conduct serves as the guiding principles in ensuring the integrity of the student financial aid process.
Students who would like to authorize the university to release financial aid and enrollment information to a third party such as spouse, parent(s), or other agency complete the Authorization for Release of Information (FERPA) form and return it to the Financial Aid Office.
For more information, read the Privacy of Student Records at University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus.