Application for Financial Aid

All students applying for financial aid are required to complete the following steps in order for a financial aid package to be awarded:

Obtain admission to the college.
Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. FAFSA’s may be obtained from high school guidance offices or from the Hendrix College Office of Admission or Office of Financial Aid. FAFSA may also be completed via the internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Mail the FAFSA to the Federal Student Aid Programs or submit the FAFSA directly to Hendrix College.
Submit other documents, if requested, by the Office of Financial Aid. The most frequently requested documents include

A signed copy of your U.S. income tax return (and your spouse’s return if you are married.)

A signed copy of your parents’ U.S. income tax return if you are required to provide parents’ tax information on the FAFSA.

A completed, signed verification worksheet.

Verification
Students who receive federal or state aid may be selected for Verification. Additional information will be requested from students selected for Verification. Students must submit the required documents to the Office of Financial Aid within 15 days of the request. The Office of Financial Aid cannot certify a Federal Stafford Loan application or authorize federal or state financial aid to be credited to a student’s account until Verification is complete. If the information provided is different from the original application, the student’s need for assistance will be re-evaluated using the verified information.
Disbursement of Aid
All scholarships and grants administered directly by Hendrix are credited to the student’s account at the beginning of the semester or upon completion of Verification, if required. Scholarship, grant, and loan funds awarded by private sources are not credited to the student’s account until the money is received by Hendrix. Earnings from work opportunities are paid directly to the student by check every month.
Financial Aid for Study Abroad
Hendrix encourages students to participate in study abroad programs. Students desiring to participate in any study abroad program should contact the Financial Aid Office at Hendrix to determine which student financial aid programs or funds may be used to study abroad. In all cases the Financial Aid Office will work with the student to help make study abroad possible using federal, state, private sector, and in many cases Hendrix funds. However, Hendrix-funded scholarships and grants are not available to all study abroad programs. Hendrix funds may be used for the exchange program with Graz University in Austria, exchange programs through the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP), exchanges through the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), and the Hendrix-in-London program at Birkbeck College.

Hendrix College scholarships and grants are not available to be used for the Hendrix-in-Oxford program. The financial Aid office will assist the student in obtaining any federal, state, or private sector funds for which the student is eligible to assist with expenses associated with this program.

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