We have released nearly all official financial aid offers for 2024-2025, so if you have not seen yours and you have no remaining To Do List items in your SIS account, we thank you for your patience as we complete our evaluation of remaining students' aid eligibility.
Remember that the billing due date has been extended this fall term to September 6th, and we are particularly focused on students who are anticipating proceeds from financial aid to help pay for start-of-term and ongoing costs.
For all students--returning and newly-admitted for fall 2024--continue to monitor your To Do List in SIS and read and take action on all emails from our office to avoid delays in processing your financial aid.
We know you have questions about financial aid and the FAFSA process, so we wanted to provide as much information as we can on the most common questions we are hearing. We'll be updating this page regularly through the summer, so bookmark it and check back regularly.
You can also find tips for completing the FAFSA at Federal Student Aid's website.
This page was last updated on August 26, 2024
Our goal is always to have all completed files ready by the time the fall term statement is created, on August 6th. We continue to face technical challenges related to the rollout of the new FAFSA, and we will do everything we can to ensure you get your offer as soon as possible. In the meantime, continue to monitor your email and SIS To Do List for any additional items we might require to complete our evaluation. And please remember also that the due date for fall term charges is September 6th for most students.
Check back here throughout the summer for updates.
Yes! And the good news is that as of late July, Federal Student Aid has begun to process paper FAFSAs and send the information to schools.
If you submit a paper FAFSA, you can later on see the status of your FAFSA submission online and have a better sense for when we'll receive the information. And as always, if you have questions, you can reach out to us for guidance.
Yes! Federal Student Aid states that they have resolved the technical issue that prevented contributors without an SSN from starting or accessing the form. Follow this link to read more and get started.
We've heard about this happening to some users. In these cases, there may be an issue with the personal information attached to the contributor's StudentAid.gov account, such as an ITIN entered in place of an SSN, an incorrect date of birth, or multiple accounts for the same individual.
To fix this, the contributor will need to first invalidate their current StudentAid.gov account and then complete the process of creating a new account without an SSN.
We are very excited to update this section to say that we have begun to release preliminary financial aid offers to admitted first-year applicants!
If you have not received yours yet, please check your UVA Student Information System portal for any To Do List items, check your emails for any requests from IDOC or from UVA, and make sure you listed UVA as a school to receive your FAFSA and/or CSS Profile.
| Milestone | Status |
| Profile information is being sent to UVA | Yes |
| FAFSA data is being sent to UVA | Yes |
| Preliminary financial aid offers are being sent | Yes |
| Official financial aid offers are being sent to new and returning students | Expected by early July |
Not at all! If you have not completed one or both applications, please do so as soon as you can. The sooner you submit them, the sooner we can begin our review of your financial aid eligibility.
We are also very much aware that some students simply cannot complete the FAFSA at this time, and we are monitoring the status of this and other issues with Federal Student Aid. In the meantime, you can always reach out to us with questions or concerns at [email protected]. We are your partner in this, and we want to help however we can.
We are now receiving corrected FAFSAs! If you have been waiting for Federal Student Aid to allow for FAFSA corrections, follow this link to find out how to get started.
For new students, you’ll need to submit both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. If you haven’t yet done both, make it a priority to complete them now.
Also, get to know your UVA SIS portal. This is where we’ll put “To Do List” items associated with your financial aid application. You got your login information from UVA’s Admission office when you submitted your Common Application to us, but if you need help logging in, write to [email protected].
All students should watch their email for updates from Federal Student Aid on the status of their FAFSA. These will inform you of any action you need to take to make sure we receive your FAFSA.
Complete information about applying for financial aid for new applicants and for returning undergraduates is on the SFS website.
The first place to check is our transfer student financial aid application page to make sure you have submitted both the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. The biggest change in applying for financial aid for many of our new transfer students is that we require the CSS Profile in addition to the FAFSA.
Make sure you complete the Profile if you have not done so already, and be sure to watch out for emails and maybe texts from us about your application.
We have a process for students and families to request an appeal for special circumstances when your financial circumstances have changed, and the aid year (2022) no longer reflects your current financial situation. Please complete both the FAFSA and CSS Profile using financial information from 2022.
After you receive a preliminary award, you will have the opportunity to appeal your financial aid award. We cannot review an appeal for special circumstances until you have your preliminary offer.