Form |
Year |
Description |
Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) |
12-13 |
You must file the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to be considered
for most types of financial aid. |
Asset
Information Form |
12-13 |
If you reported Assets
on either your FAFSA or other documentation that did not match information
already on file, or if we have information that suggests you have other
assets you have not reported, you may be asked to complete this worksheet. If
so, complete and return this form to our office. |
Authorization
to Apply Current FA to Prior Charges |
12-13 |
If you have a bill from
a prior academic year, you can not normally use your current year financial
aid to pay that bill. You may complete this form if you want
to authorize the Business Office to apply your current Financial Aid
to pay that prior bill (all current year charges must be paid first). |
Authorization
to Award Federal Student Aid |
12-13 |
If you have been awarded
Financial Aid at more than one institution of Higher Education during
the current academic term, you may need to complete this form to authorize
the USC Lancaster Financial Aid Office to award you your Federal Student
Aid. |
Authorization
to Release Financial Aid Information |
12-13 |
If you want the USCL
Financial Aid Office to release information about your Financial Aid
to another agency, you must complete this form. |
Change
of Campus for Financial Aid |
12-13 |
If you are attending
another USC campus, but you initially authorized USCL to award your
Financial Aid, you must complete this form to change that authorization. |
Change
of Dependency Form |
12-13 |
If you do not meet the
requirements to be considered an Independent student, but you are unable
to attain your parents’ information due to unusual circumstances
you may appeal to have your dependency status re-evaluated. |
Decline
Financial Aid Award |
12-13 |
If you wish to decline
one or all of your Financial Aid Awards, complete this form and return
it to our office. |
Degree
Status Form |
12-13 |
If there is question
as to the status of your college degree, you can complete a Degree
Status Form to clarify or correct this information. |
Direct
Deposit Form |
12-13 |
Have your financial aid
overage checks directly deposited into your bank account. Do
this at least two weeks before your overage checks are available |
Direct
Parent PLUS Loan Borrower Information |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan, you will need to review and follow
these instructions. For more information on Direct Loans, please
see this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Loan First Time Borrower Instructions |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, you will need to review and follow
these instructions. For more information on Direct Loans, please see
this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Additional Loan Request |
12-13 |
If you are already borrowing
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, but need to increase the amount you
are borrowing for the current academic year, complete and return this
form. For more information on Direct Loans, please see this web
site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Loan Adjustment Form |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, and wish to decline, reinstate, reduce
or increase your student loans before the funds disburse, complete
and return this form. For more information on Direct Loans, please
see this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Loan Entrance Counseling |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, you must complete this Loan Entrance
Counseling. For more information on Direct Loans, please see
this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Loan Exit Counseling |
12-13 |
If you have borrowed
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan and will be or have left school recently,
you must complete this Loan Exit Counseling. For more information on
Direct Loans, please see this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Direct
Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, you must complete this Master Promissory
Note using your Federal PIN. Be sure to log in and then select “Sign
Master Promissory Note.” If you have forgotten your
PIN please see this website: www.pin.ed.gov . For
more information on Direct Loans, please see this web site: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/index.action |
Household
Size Update Form, Dependent |
12-13 |
If the number of people
in your parents’ household has changed since the time that you
filed your FAFSA, you must notify the Financial Aid Office. You
can do so using this form. |
Household
Size Update Form, Independent |
12-13 |
If the number of people
in your household has changed since the time that you filed your FAFSA,
you must notify the Financial Aid Office. You can do so using
this form. |
Housing
Status Form |
12-13 |
If your housing status
(where you will live while attending college) is in question, you may
need to complete a Housing Status Form to update or correct it. |
Income
Exclusions Form |
12-13 |
If you indicated on your
FAFSA that one or more of the income exclusions applies to you and
this information is in question, you may need to complete the Income
Exclusions Form. |
Legal
Dependent Support Form |
12-13 |
If you indicated that
you have a child or other dependent whom you provide at least half
of the support for, but you are under the age of 24, you may be asked
to complete this form. If so, complete and return this form to
our office with all supporting documentation. |
LIFE
Scholarship Affidavit |
12-13 |
If you are a LIFE Scholarship
recipient, you must read and complete this affidavit to receive your
scholarship. You must also read the Terms and Conditions on VIP. |
Lottery
Tuition Assistance Certification |
12-13 |
If you are a Lottery
Tuition Assistance recipient, you must read and complete this affidavit
to receive your grant. You must also read the Terms and Conditions
on VIP. |
Lottery
Tuition Assistance Application for Dually Enrolled High School
Students |
12-13 |
If you are a high school
student taking at least six hours of college courses at USCL, and are
a south Carolina resident, you may qualify for Lottery Tuition Assistance. Complete
and return this form to our office. |
Marital
Status Form, Dependent |
12-13 |
If your parents’ marital
status is in question, you may need to complete a Marital Status Form
to update or correct it. |
Marital
Status Form, Independent |
12-13 |
If your marital status
is in question, you may need to complete a Marital Status Form to update
or correct it. |
Minimum
Hours Adjustment Request |
12-13 |
If you are taking less
than full time (<12 hours), or if you are changing the number of
hours you are enrolled for, you must inform the Financial Aid Office
so your awards can be adjusted. Complete and return this form. |
Non-parental
Information Form |
12-13 |
If you filed your FAFSA
using information that is not that of your parents’ you may be
asked to complete a Non-Parent Information Form. |
Perkins
Loan Indebtedness Statement |
12-13 |
If you have Perkins loans
you must complete a Loan Indebtedness Statement. |
Perkins
Loan Recipient Instructions |
12-13 |
If you have been awarded
a Federal Perkins Loan these are the instructions on what you need
to do to receive the funds. |
Private
Loan Certification Form |
12-13 |
If you are borrowing
a loan from a private lender (not a Direct Stafford Loan), then you
must complete this form. |
Satisfactory
Academic Progress (SAP) Appeal |
12-13 |
Appeal form for students
not meeting the Satisfactory Academic Progress Standards. The SAP Policy
can be found here: http://saeu.sc.edu/finaid/sap.html. |
Satisfactory
Academic Progress (SAP) Graduation Plan |
12-13 |
Additional Appeal form
for students who have or will have exceeded the maximum number of attempted
hours for completing their degree (90 hours for Associate’s degree,
105 hours for AND, 180 hours for 4 year degree). The SAP Policy
can be found here: http://saeu.sc.edu/finaid/sap.html |
South
Carolina
Need Based Grant
Affidavit |
12-13 |
If you are a South Carolina
Need Based Grant recipient, you must read and complete this affidavit
to receive your grant. You must also read the Terms and Conditions
on VIP. |
South
Carolina
Need Based Grant
Transfer Form |
12-13 |
If you are a South Carolina
Need Based Grant recipient and have attended classes at another public
college in South Carolina, you must complete this form and provide
it to the financial aid office at your previous college. They
must return it to us signed, even if you did not receive the grant
at their college. |
Special
Circumstances Appeal, Dependent Students |
12-13 |
If you have already applied
for financial aid, but have had a significant change in your family
income since the prior tax year, you may complete this form to request
an adjustment to your application information. |
Special
Circumstances Appeal, Independent Students |
12-13 |
If you have already applied
for financial aid, but have had a significant change in your family
income since the prior tax year, you may complete this form to request
an adjustment to your application information. |
State
Military Dependents Form |
12-13 |
Non-Resident students
who qualify to pay in-state tuition due to being a dependent of an
active duty military service member must complete this form and return
it to the Financial Aid Office in order to be eligible for State Scholarship
Funds. |
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Summer: Financial Aid Application
Update
|
12-13
|
If you intend on taking Summer Classes
between May and July of 2013, and wish to be awarded financial aid, you
must complete this application update to tell us how many hours you are
taking and if you wish to use the remainder of your loan eligibility
(if any). |
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Summer: Veterans Aid Certification
Request, Summer 2013
|
12-13
|
Students receiving Veterans GI Bill
benefits must request certification of their enrollment. The Financial
Aid Office will need a copy of one of the following: DD-214, NOBE, or
Certificate of Eligibility. Certification Requests should be submitted
at least 30 days prior to the beginning of classes. You can apply to
use your GI Bill at the following website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ |
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Summer: Minimum
Hours Adjustment Request
|
12-13
|
If you are taking less than full time
(<12 hours), or if you are changing the number of hours you are enrolled
for, you must inform the Financial Aid Office so your awards can be adjusted. Complete
and return this form. |
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Summer: Lottery
Tuition Assistance Certification
|
12-13
|
If you are a Lottery Tuition Assistance
recipient, you must read and complete this affidavit to receive your
grant. You must also read the Terms and Conditions on VIP. |
Supplemental
Information Request Form |
12-13 |
If the information you
provided in the past is contradictory to the most recent information
we have received from you, you will need to complete this form to confirm
which is accurate. |
Summer
Financial Aid Application |
12-13 |
If you intend to take
courses during the Summer semester, you must notify the financial aid
office by completing this form. The form becomes available around
the end of February. |
TAA
Budget and Book Worksheets |
12-13 |
If you are a Trade Investment
Act recipient you must complete this two page form and return it to
this office every semester to receive your funding. |
Transfer
Student Form |
12-13 |
If you need to report
colleges you may have attended in the past, you can complete the Transfer
Student Form. |
Verification,
IRS Data Retrieval Instructions |
12-13 |
If you were selected
for verification, you may provide your IRS Tax Information through
the IRS Datamatch process. Follow these instructions.
Don’t forget to also complete the proper Verification Worksheet.
If this process doesn’t work for you, you may instead order an
IRS Tax Transcript at www.irs.gov or
by calling 1-800-829-1040 |
Verification
Worksheet, Dependent Student |
12-13 |
Worksheet to complete
for students selected for verification. Dependent students must
include parent information as well. Both the student and parent
must sign the form. |
Verification
Worksheet, Independent Student |
12-13 |
Worksheet to complete
for students selected for verification. Independent students
need only include themselves and their spouses (if applicable) information,
not parent information. |
Veterans
Instructions |
12-13 |
Instructions for students
receiving Veterans GI Bill benefits on how to initiate and maintain
these benefits while attending USCL. See also the GI Bill website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ |
Veterans
Aid Certification Request, Fall 2012 |
12-13 |
Students receiving Veterans
GI Bill benefits must request certification of their enrollment. The
Financial Aid Office will need a copy of one of the following: DD-214,
NOBE, or Certificate of Eligibility. Certification Requests should
be submitted at least 30 days prior to the beginning of classes. You
can apply to use your GI Bill at the following website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ |
Veterans
Aid Certification Request, Spring 2013 |
12-13 |
Students receiving Veterans
GI Bill benefits must request certification of their enrollment. The
Financial Aid Office will need a copy of one of the following: DD-214,
NOBE, or Certificate of Eligibility. Certification Requests should
be submitted at least 30 days prior to the beginning of classes. You
can apply to use your GI Bill at the following website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ |
Veterans
Aid Certification Request, Summer 2013 |
12-13 |
Students receiving Veterans
GI Bill benefits must request certification of their enrollment. The
Financial Aid Office will need a copy of one of the following: DD-214,
NOBE, or Certificate of Eligibility. Certification Requests should
be submitted at least 30 days prior to the beginning of classes. You
can apply to use your GI Bill at the following website: http://www.gibill.va.gov/ |
Veterans
Status Form |
12-13 |
If your status as a veteran
needs clarification, you may need to complete this form. |
WIA
Budget and Book Worksheets |
12-13 |
If you are a Workforce
Investment Act you must complete this two page form and return it to
this office every semester to receive your funding. |
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