Special / Unusual Circumstances
When life happens and you need help
2024-2025 FAFSA
Has your financial situation significantly changed since you completed the 2024-2025
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) with your income information?
Loss of job
after 2022?
Extremely high medical
expenses after 2022?
Marital status change?
(divorce, separation, widowed)
Reduction in work
hours after 2022?
Dependency Status (documented proof of no relationship with parents)?
Other financial reductions or extenuating circumstances?
Let us help you
Talk to a financial aid specialist about your situation. We will guide you through the next steps and the required documentation to see if we can update your eligibility. Once a financial aid specialist has received your documentation, it will be reviewed, and you will be notified if additional documentation is needed. If your situation allows for an update, you will be notified within 60 days of a decision.
Personal choices that are made that cannot be considered are:
- Voluntarily decreasing work hours to attend college
- Resigning or leaving job voluntarily
- Extensive credit card debt
- Extensive mortgage debt
