How to Apply for Financial Aid
Create an FSA ID, a username and password that confirms your identity when you access your financial aid information and electronically sign Federal Student Aid documents.
Complete the FAFSA
Complete scholarship applications.
Accept some, all or none of your financial aid package. You must reply to the financial aid office as no funds will be applied to your account without written record of your consent to accept the aid. Failure to accept the offer of aid in a timely manner could result in forfeiture of such listed aid.
Sign the Direct Loan Master Promissory Note.
Complete Direct Loan Entrance Counseling.
As a recipient of financial aid, you are required to report all educational resources to Cottey College. Examples of assistance that must be reported include, but are not limited to: grants, scholarships, employer tuition support, stipends, Cottey College employee/employee-dependent tuition remission, National Guard education benefits, and resident assistant housing stipends.
You may not be aware of certain resources until after the school year begins, but please note that you are required to report the names and amounts of all types of educational assistance as soon as you are aware of them.
Report your scholarships and educational resources on MyCottey by clicking here.
Verification
Some FAFSA applications will be selected by the Department of Education for verification. Students will be notified that their application has been selected for verification on their Student Aid Report (SAR) from the Department of Education.
Financial aid offers cannot be finalized until the financial aid office has completed verification. Failure to provide data will result in delays, and possible cancellation of Federal aid.
If errors are found, the financial aid office will make the necessary corrections–most generally with an electronic process that only takes a few days. The student will receive a new SAR Information Acknowledgement from the Central Processor so they’ll know what corrections were made.
If an application has been selected for verification, the financial aid office will notify the student of the required documents to be submitted to the financial aid office.