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The FAFSA application has been undergoing extensive revisions and changes, which caused an extended delay in the ability for colleges to receive the tax and financial data that students submit.
The good news is that as of April 2024, SEU has begun to receive and load the data from students who were able to successfully submit their FAFSA! Here’s what to do next based on your current status.
If you submitted your FAFSA successfully and used SEU’s code, 001521, keep an eye on your mailbox; your personalized award letter will be sent as soon as we are able to evaluate the data once we have received it. Contact us at sfs@seu.edu with any questions. In the meantime, visit SEU.edu/viewyouroffer to get familiar with the components of this mailing.
If you submitted your FAFSA, but encountered issues with the form, or need to make updates or corrections, you now have the ability to go back into your application to make these adjustments.
Log in to your account at StudentAid.gov or visit this page for additional information. Be sure that SEU’s code, 001521, was included with your submission.
If you still need to complete your FAFSA, we strongly encourage you to do so now. Once you have submitted your FAFSA and we receive your data from the Department of Education, we will be able to send your personalized financial aid offer letter. Remember, SEU’s code for FAFSA purposes is 001521. See below to get started.
SEU has begun to receive and load the data from students who were able to successfully submit their FAFSA!
Once you’ve submitted your FAFSA, continue your college preparation momentum. You can keep making strides in your college admission and financial aid journey, even if you’re still waiting on your FAFSA data to be sent to SEU. Here’s what you can do now and after you receive your financial aid offer.
Here’s a checklist of everything you need to fill out the FAFSA.
The new FAFSA form is actually live now, and while many people have reported system problems, there are still a lot of families who have successfully submitted their applications. So, set aside time to apply, keeping in mind you may need to make several attempts.
Once you can complete the FAFSA application, your information will be in the system and will be able to be sent to SEU it in the coming weeks. (Don’t forget to use SEU’s FASFA code, 001521.)
Your SEU application is ready when you are, so if you haven’t applied yet, now is a great time to start! Visit SEU.edu/apply, and enter the code FAFSA24 to apply for FREE! (Might as well start off saving some money now, right?) You can also find SEU on Common App.
Need application help? Check out this step-by-step guide to the admission process.
Once you’re accepted, be sure to use your personalized acceptance link to save your spot at SEU! Be sure to keep an eye on your SEU email for information about early orientation opportunities.
Note: We’d love to have you as part of the Fire Family, but remember, if your plans have to change, we offer deposit reimbursement through June 1, so you have nothing to lose by saving your spot.
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Since the FAFSA is mainly used to determine eligibility for state and federal aid, you can still apply for many non-need-based scholarships, including many SEU scholarships and those offered by third parties. Your school guidance counselor or college and career counselor is also a great resource for finding applicable scholarships and grants.
For the past several years, the FAFSA has been available starting on October 1 for students to submit for aid that they will be using the following school year. On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education announced that universities would not be receiving FAFSA applicant information until at least March of 2024. In actuality, the data did not begin to be released until April. This means that even students who had been able to submit their FAFSA did not have their data transmitted to their intended colleges until this more recent release of information.
All colleges and students were equally affected by the 2024 FAFSA delay, so you’re not alone! SEU is now processing the FAFSA data as we receive it, and will still personalize each student’s financial aid offer, ensuring you will still receive all of the aid for which you’re eligible. The timeline is just different this year.
As you hear back about the financial aid you’ve been awarded, our cost calculator can help you as you plan.
If you come across any need-based scholarships that you can’t apply for without a FAFSA, but the application requires an essay, go ahead and get it written. That way, you’ll be ready to apply once the FAFSA data is released. Get some writing tips here.
Scholarships and grants aren’t the only ways to offset your educational expenses. Check out this list of additional options, such as no-interest payment plans and on-campus jobs.
The more you understand, the better! Check out our financial aid glossary for some of the most common terms you’ll see.
Even if your financial aid is still in progress, getting accepted to SEU is definitely a cause for celebration! On #NationalDecisionDay on May 1, wear your SEU shirt proudly at school and on social media, and be sure to share your excitement with us @seuniversity! You can also get in on all the Decision Day excitement at SEU.edu/withSEU.
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Follow us @seuniversity to keep up to date on campus happenings, see your future classmates enjoying campus life, and learn more about SEU.
If your final aid package is not what you expected, our enrollment and financial aid teams are here to help you find additional aid sources to make your dream of coming to SEU a reality.
Remember that God is with you every step of the way on your path to SEU, during your time here, and for the rest of your life. Trust in Him, and know that our SEU community is praying for you as you prepare for these next steps.
Yes. The Department of Education began releasing data from completed FAFSA forms in April of 2024, which means students who successfully submitted their FAFSA forms can expect to begin receiving their financial aid offers very soon.
For the past several years, the FAFSA has been available starting on October 1 for students to submit for aid that they will be using the following school year. On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education announced that universities would not be receiving FAFSA applicant information until at least March of 2024. In actuality, the data did not begin to be released until April. This means that even students who had been able to submit their FAFSA did not have their data transmitted to their intended colleges until this more recent release of information.
The FAFSA has historically been lengthy, so the Department of Education (DOE) recently made major changes to simplify it (as was required by Congress). Several of these changes should make completing the FAFSA faster and easier, both for students who are applying for aid for the first time and for those who are reapplying for aid. These changes to the form have resulted in a delay in the launch of its finalized version.
A “soft launch” of the updated form was released on December 30, 2023. Students may submit their FAFSA using this form, however, the form has experienced some technical difficulties and not all students who have tried have been able to finalize and submit their forms. Now that data is being released from the Department of Education to colleges, you should hopefully encounter less errors.
The English and Spanish versions of the new FAFSA have a tool that can give you an early estimate of your SAI and federal financial aid. This means that after submitting the FAFSA, you may be able to estimate your federal financial aid award and your SAI. It’s important to note that this estimate refers only to the federal aid for which you may qualify.
Your official, personalized financial aid offer will not be able to be generated by any college until the Department of Education releases FAFSA data (which is expected to be sent out in stages, with an estimated timeframe beginning sometime in March). Once your data is received, it needs to be processed by each college’s financial aid system. At SEU, we are working diligently to have our systems prepared for this data, though we cannot estimate processing speed at this time.
Important! Non-need-based aid, such as scholarships earned by academic merit, do not require FAFSA data. These scholarships each have their own award timelines as to when you will be notified if you qualify. All of these scholarships can be applied directly to your SEU Cost of Attendance.
Not necessarily! While many scholarships generally prefer for you to have a FAFSA on file, this year, many are not requiring it for application submission.
No. College savings plans are independent of the FAFSA. Contact a representative from the savings plan institution with any questions on how to apply these funds toward your SEU Cost of Attendance.
You don’t! You can access StudentAid.gov on a mobile device or request a printout of the FAFSA PDF – in English or Spanish – by calling 800.4.FED.AID (800.433.3243).
No. Filing the FAFSA is free — it’s right there in the name! Avoid any website or mobile app that requires a payment — that means it’s a scam and isn’t the official FAFSA site.
The simplified FAFSA form asks less questions than the old form, and many are answered by importing federal tax information (FTI) directly from the IRS. The new form is also easier to understand. If you have questions, there’s step-by-step help within the form and on studentaid.gov.
The FAFSA uses what’s called “prior-prior” year taxes, and starting this year, federal tax information (FTI) will automatically populate in your FAFSA once you and your parent(s) have provided consent. For the 2024–2025 school year, tax information from 2022 will be used. Learn more here.
Not necessarily. There are many situations when you only need one parent’s information to complete the FAFSA – and you might not even need that. The FAFSA considers many different family situations, and so will the SEU Office of Student Financial Services. The FAFSA form will have a “parent wizard” that will guide you through which parent(s) will need to provide information on the FAFSA.
These helpful links will point you in the right direction as you proceed with your plans.
SEU students will automatically qualify for academic merit scholarships based on a combination of factors, such as GPA. SEU is test-optional for admission and financial aid. Get more details here.
Bonus: These scholarships are renewable for 4 years! (up to 8 consecutive semesters)
The FAFSA does not affect your ability to qualify for Florida Bright Futures or the Florida EASE Grant.
If you have the Florida Prepaid College Program, you can use funds from your plan as usual. (For specifics, visit myfloridaprepaid.com.)
The home of federal student aid and the FAFSA form. There’s also a new Financial Aid Estimator Tool, which gives you a first look at how much aid you could be eligible for when you answer a few quick questions about your family and yourself.
This channel (run by the division of the U.S. Department of Education that administers the FAFSA) provides short, easy to understand videos. In addition to the usual options, additional videos have been added with information about the 2024 delays.
From tips for completing your FAFSA to understanding the truth about common financial aid misconceptions, these articles will give you the latest information and help you along your financial aid journey.
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Your SEU Enrollment Counselor is also a great resource for financial aid help — and for helping you find everything you need to feel at home at SEU. Find your enrollment counselor here.
Information for students earning their undergraduate degree online can be found here. Master’s and doctoral students can find financial information here.
