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We are Student Financial Planning

The financial aid process can seem overwhelming and time consuming but the importance of understanding and completing the process cannot be over emphasized. Our job is to guide you through the process and hopefully make it as painless as possible. That is why we refer to our office as Student Financial Planning. We are here to help you!

The First Step

Educate yourself! Familiarize yourself with the different financial aid forms and deadlines used by each of the colleges where your son or daughter is applying. When your son or daughter applies to Norwich University you will receive a Norwich Financial Planning Workbook, which will help you through the financial aid maze.

Affordability

Most families assume they cannot afford a private college education for their son or daughter and fall victim to “sticker shock.” The fact is a Norwich education is often as affordable as your local state college. Last year, 92 percent of our students with an average family income of $42,000, shared in more than $23 million of financial aid from all sources. This included an aggressive need-based financial aid program that enables deserving students to secure a private education at Norwich.

Those Dreaded Forms

At Norwich, the two forms you will have to complete are the CSS/Profile and the FAFSA.

The CSS/Profile allows Norwich to award non-federal financial aid to students in the form of academic, merit and endowed scholarships. The CSS/Profile can be completed as early as October 1st and before January 1st using your previous year’s federal income tax information.

The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) allows Norwich to determine your family’s eligibility for Federal grants and loans.

Both of these forms may be completed online:

• CSS/Profile
• FAFSA

Both forms require you to enter a school code. Our codes are:

• CSS/Profile: 3669
• FAFSA: 003692

ROTC Scholarships

If your son or daughter applies for an ROTC scholarship, you should still complete both the CSS/PROFILE and the FAFSA. What if they are not selected?

Deadlines and Important Dates

The CSS/Profile should be filed as soon as your son or daughter submits an application to Norwich. It allows us to make an immediate non-federal financial aid award that would otherwise have to wait until the spring if we required only the FAFSA.

Both the FAFSA and CSS/Profile should be completed no later than March 1 of your son or daughter’s senior year in high school to be competitive for financial aid.

For More Information.

Download the Student Financial Planning Checklist.