Forms & Resources

The following forms, in Adobe PDF (portable document format), can be downloaded, printed on your local printer, and submitted to the Financial Assistance Office. Just click on the name of the form you want:

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Instructions to correct estimated tax information on the FAFSA:  If your FAFSA results indicate the tax information that you and/or your parent(s) submitted is still "estimated".  Please update your FAFSA form with actual 2011 tax information once your tax returns are complete.  Please update questions #33 (student) and/or #80 (parent) and change the filing status from "will file" to "completed" at FAFSA.ed.gov

Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Complete the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA on the web
Apply for or PIN or request a duplicate PIN

Required Verification Documents
Dependent Student Federal Verification Worksheet OR
Independent Student Federal Verification Worksheet

IRS Data Retrieval Process
The Department of Education would like to encourage applicants and their parents to transfer tax information directly from the IRS website into the FAFSA to ensure that accurate information is provided on the FAFSA. Please click on the IRS Data Retrieval Process link above for instructions on how to complete this.

IRS Tax Transcript Request Process
If your student's FAFSA has been selected for verification, and you have not utilized the IRS Data Retrieval Process on the FAFSA, then you will be required to provide the Financial Aid Office with a copy of the following:

Parent 2011 IRS Tax Transcript
Student 2011 IRS Tax Transcript

Tax filers can request a transcript, free of charge, of their 2011 tax return from the IRS in one of three ways. 

• Online Request: Available by visiting the IRS Web site at http://www.irs.gov
• Telephone Request:  Available by calling the IRS at 1-800-908-9946
• Paper Request Form - IRS Form 4506T-EZ  - download the form

Please visit the IRS Tax Return Transcript Request Process for further instructions on requesting your tax transcript. 
Please keep in mind, we can no longer accept a copy of your tax return, we must have the official tax transcript from the IRS.

Forms for 2012 deposited students
Outside Scholarship Form
Student Employment Application

Federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
You will need to complete an Entrance Interview and Sign your Master Promissory Note
for our office to process your Federal Direct Stafford Loan.
You may complete both steps on the Federal Student Loan website, studentloans.gov

Once on the site, sign in using your Federal PIN, in the Manage My Direct Loan box.
Next, you will  select the Complete Entrance Counseling and Complete Master Promissory Note
links. Once these two steps are completed, we will be notified electronically, and process
your Federal Direct Loan.

Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan
2011-2012 Parent PLUS Loan Pre-Approval Form 
2012-2013 Parent PLUS Loan Pre-Approval Form
Please submit this form to the Financial Assistance Office if you would like to find out if you would be approved, or denied, if you applied for the Federal Direct Parent PLUS loan.

To apply for a Parent PLUS Loan please complete the following steps:
1.  Complete the Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan Cornell College Addendum

2.  Complete Parent PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note

Once on the studentloans.gov site, sign in using your Federal PIN, in the Manage My Direct Loan box.
Next, you will  select the Start PLUS Application Process.  Then select Parent PLUS Loan as the loan type.
Once these two steps are completed, we will be notified electronically, and will process
your Federal Direct PLUS Loan.

 

FERPA Form For Student's Consent to Release Financial Aid Information

You may complete this FERPA form if you would like to have financial aid information released to a non-custodial parent or other family member that is not listed on the FAFSA. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of student’s educational record that are not considered “directory” information. Educational records include financial aid and student account records which are considered confidential and will not be released without written consent from the student, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. For this reason, it is necessary for the Financial Assistance Office at Cornell College to obtain permission from a student in order to release financial information not excluded by FERPA laws.

Special Circumstances
If you feel that you have a special circumstance that you would like our office to consider, please print and submit the special circumstance form that describes the types of special circumstances that the Cornell College Office of Financial Assistance is able to consider for families. This form also will describe additional documentation that will be required for you to submit to consider your circumstance.

Dependency Override Form

Parent Division of Income and Assets

Faculty and Staff
Tuition Exchange Application