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Office of Financial Aid Services

News
Welcome to the Financial Aid Services web site. We hope you find it helpful.

1) Use the same name and id number on all computer systems. Using different names or numbers can delay or even cancel your aid.

2) Graduate Tuition Reimbursement Awards announced for Spring *2008* - - information

3) NY State Aid Advisement Alert - information

4)***New Financial Aid Programs--ACG AND SMART*** - more information

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6) You have to apply every year to be considered for financial aid. Applications now available for BOTH Academic Year 2007-2008 (Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008) *and* for Academic Year 2008-2009 (Summer 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009).

7) Information about Education Tax Credits is avalable at http://www.studentaid.org/
TaxBenefitsPSIntro.html
and from the Bursar's Office at 718-997-4534.

8) Don't have an email address? It's important to put a good email address on your aid applications. As you consider your options, consider using your *FREE* QC student email account. Read all email account policies carefully.

9) Consider Direct Deposit to get your checks faster.





Finding Other Sources of Aid for Attendance at Queens College

Aid awarded through the Financial Aid Office is based primarily on financial need. The following resources at Queens College might be helpful in finding private scholarships, other merit-based grant awards, and non-work-study jobs:

The following resources on CUNY's web site may also be useful: You might also explore the following as part of your search:
  • Find books that list college scholarships  --- go to the reference section of public libraries for these.
  • Does your job, union, organization (or a parent's job, union, organization) sponsor an award program?
  • Try some of the free web-based scholarship searches.
  • Use other web-based references for suggestions that might highlight resources for certain areas of interest or categories of students.
     
There are scholarship scams.  For more information:

Free Web-based Scholarship Searches and Additional Scholarship Resources
            NYS Financial Aid Administrators Association
                 http://www.nysfaaa.org/docs/student_family/scholarship_searches.html
           Finaid - The SmartStudent(TM) Guide to Financial Aid
                 http://www.finaid.org/otheraid

a link to (CUNY) the city university of new york website