EXCITING NEW FINANCIAL AID SERVICE

Student Financial Aid application status and awards can now be viewed on Student Web Services.  Students should have received a unique PIN and USERNAME for Student Web Services when accepted to ACM.

To view financial aid application and award information, use the following steps:

Login onto www.allegany.edu
   Click on the Information Button
       Choose Current Students
            Select Student Web Services
                Enter PIN and USERNAME and hit submit
                    Select Information and then Awards
                        Enter Year and submit (Year 2009 = 2009-2010 academic year)
                            Select status and/or awards

For PIN and USERNAME information or website questions, students
should contact the Registration Office at 301-784-5198.

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If you are due a financial aid refund FOR THE FALL 2009 or SRING 2010 SEMESTER, our Business Office will mail your refund check to your local address when it is ready.  THIS INCLUDES STUDENT LOANS.

ACM Scholarship booklets are now available for the 2010-2011 academic year.  Be sure and pick one up in the Foundation Office!  The scholarship booklet and the application can also be viewed, downloaded, and printed from the ACM website (www.allegany.edu/scholarship/

Check with the Financial Aid Office before dropping any classes.  Your financial aid could be adversely affected.

Work-Study timesheets are due in the Business Office by 4:00 P.M. Friday, February 19, 2010. 

2009-2010 FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION INFORMATION:

Your financial aid will be deferred to the business office after your financial aid file has been verified and your award notification has been run.  You will receive a financial aid notification of your awards in the mail.  You can now view your application and award status on Student Web Services.

Please be sure to complete your 2009-2010 ACM Financial Aid Application available only from our Website.  (www.allegany.edu/finaid)  The ACM (Allegany College of Maryland) Financial Aid Application is different than the FAFSA and must be completed by all ACM financial aid applicants.

Important Financial Aid Change

Paper FAFSAs will no longer be distributed to schools.  Students are encouraged to complete the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet (FOTW) to assist them in completing the on-line application (www.fafsa.ed.gov).  The worksheet is available in the Student Financial Aid Office or in the high school guidance counselors’ offices.

Students who want to complete the paper FAFSA may call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID to request the paper application or download a PDF paper FAFSA at www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov.  This PDF version can be completed on the computer and printed, or printed and completed by hand, and then mailed to the address provided.

Students will need their U.S. Department of Education Personal Identification Number (PIN) to complete the FAFSA on the Web.  The PIN serves as the student signature for electronic documents.  To apply for a PIN, students (and parents if the student is dependent for financial aid purposes) should go to the following website:  www.pin.ed.gov. 

If a student or parent has lost or forgotten the PIN, a duplicate PIN can be requested at www.pin.ed.gov  by selecting the option “Request a Duplicate PIN.”

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2010-2011 FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION INFORMATION:

Paper FAFSAs will no longer be distributed to schools.  Students are encouraged to complete the FAFSA on the Web Worksheet (FOTW) to assist them in completing the on-line application (www.fafsa.ed.gov).  The worksheet is available in the Student Financial Aid Office or in the high school guidance counselors’ offices.

Students who want to complete the paper FAFSA may call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID to request the paper application or download a PDF paper FAFSA at www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov.  This PDF version can be completed on the computer and printed, or printed and completed by hand, and then mailed to the address provided.

To ensure consideration for all financial aid programs, the FAFSA should be completed by February 15, 2010.

The 2010-2011 ACM Financial Aid Application will be available soon on the financial aid website.

MARYLAND RESIDENTS:  The deadline for applying for Maryland State Scholarship Assistance is March 1, 2010 for the 2010-2011 Academic Year.  However, this year the Maryland Office of Student Financial Assistance must RECEIVE the processed FAFSA by March 1.  In the past, the processed forms only had to be postmarked by March 1.  Therefore, you should have your FAFSA completed and mailed or completed electronically by February 15, 2010 to insure that Maryland receives the information by March 1.
           
PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS:  Pennsylvania residents should mail the FAFSA before March 1 in order to meet the ACM priority date of March 1.

SCHOLARSHIPS:

The deadline for applying for the McKaig Scholarship is: May 31, 2010.  Applications are available in the financial aid office. Certain restrictions apply.

The DC-DE-MD Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators is sponsoring 6 $1000 scholarships.  The deadline date to apply is March 1, 2010.  Please stop by the financial aid office to pick up the application or go online at http://www.dedcmdasfaa.org/ListLock/Lo4n9xTAJ9sjAH7h.docx

2010 Through The Looking Glass Scholarship for students of parents with disabilities. Apply at http://lookingglass.org/scholarships/index.php. Deadline date is March 1, 2010.

American Indian and Alaska Native students can now apply for the Indian Health Service Scholarship Program.  Eligible students can apply at www.scholarship.ihs.gov/ . New applicants must submit an application by March 28th and continuing students must apply by Feb. 28th.