the Q Queens College - CUNY
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.




Check Your Application and Award Status


All of the following are very helpful as a start, but unfortunately *none* of them will tell you the entire story. 
Please contact us with any questions about your status - or change of status.


Be sure to safefuard your PINs, and use the option where you can to change your PINs from time to time.

1) Use CUNY's EFAP (Electronic Financial Aid Processing System) to check Your FAFSA and TAP Application Status / and Aid Awards at CUNY -see CUNY Portal and BASIC eFAP Instructions / Brochure *AND* More Detailed CUNY eFAP Instructions / Brochure (both prepared by the CUNY Office of Student Financial Assistance)

Go to http://www.cuny.edu - Click the Log-in button in the menu on the left side of the screen. If you already have a CUNY portal account, enter your userid and password. Otherwise, select the option to register for an account. Log-in to the portal and select "CUNY's Online Center for Admissions and Financial Aid" on "My Page." Select "Financial Aid" from the menu on the left . Start exploring with "Application Status."

EFAP is an easy way to check CUNY's information about your applications, edits and problems.  Your tentative awards may be posted here, but you will NOT be able to see on this system the complete evaluation of your eligibility for those awards based on your registration or other eligibility criteria.  

INFORMATION FOR 2007-2008 IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
Please note - only current students will be able to access financial aid information at this time through the CUNY Portal. 

If you have trouble with your CUNY Portal registration or login, see additional instructions the Provost's Office has posted for another portal application at http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtech/BlackBoard/portalProblems.html .  To update your email address as referred to on the Provost's site, use your QC registration PIN to access esims at http://esims.cuny.edu, and select the option to update your email address.


2) Aid Applied to Your Tuition / Fees Bill at QC - https://esims.cuny.edu
See that portion of your aid that's been applied to your semester's tuition / fees bill by selecting the Billing / Financial Aid Link from the menu after you sign in. You use the QC registration system PIN for this one.

If aid you expected to be applied toward your bill does not show here, contact the Financial Aid Office immediately.


3) TAP Application Status with NYS - https://web.hesc.org/hescpub/main?target=renderer_tap_student_inq&select=1
Check whether HESC in Albany has your application, what they are waiting for, your college codes, and make college code changes.  Before your information is available here, you must either have completed your entire TAP on the Web, or responded to inquiries from the University to complete your appocation on paper. This system will not tell you whether you are registered at QC in an eligible way to receive aid awarded by NYS.


4) FAFSA Application Status with the Federal Processor - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/FOTWWebApp/follow003.jsp
Is the Federal Processor waiting for something from you? Are there federal edits you need to respond to? You use your federal financial aid PIN for this one. NOTE: This will not tell you awards, or whether you are registered at QC in an eligible way to receive any Federal aid you have been aid awarded. 

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