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Priority Dates, File Completion Dates,
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Dates, File Completion Dates, and Deadlines
 All Financial Aid applications should be completed at least thirty days prior to registration for the academic award period in which aid is desired.
Applications completed after this time cannot be guaranteed to be awarded by registration.
PRIORITY DATES exist because some aid programs
have limited funds available and are awarded on a first come, first served basis. However, the Office of
Financial Aid makes every effort to provide funds to students as long as funds are available.
FILE COMPLETE DATES are critical dates to ensure financial aid is in place before the semester begins.
DEADLINES are the last day of a current term to submit paperwork to ensure funding for that term.
Priority Dates
Fall and Spring Semesters
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March 15 is the priority date for a student to have his or her financial aid file completed in order to receive maximum consideration for federal or state financial aid for the Fall and Spring semester of the upcoming year. If the priority deadline is not met, the student's application will still be processed. However, because some funds are limited, a student may not receive the maximum amount that could be available to students who have completed financial aid files by this date.
- March 15 is the priority date for continuing students to complete scholarship applications for anticipated enrollment in the upcoming Fall semester.
Summer Semesters
- March 15 is also the priority date for students wishing to be awarded for the Summer award period. To be considered for summer assistance, a DBU Summer Supplemental Application must be submitted by this date. Most aid requires students to be enrolled at least half-time. To be considered enrolled half-time, the student must register for and attend at least six (6) hours during the summer terms. Because summer is separate from the standard academic year, eligible enrollment must fit into attendance patterns that include at least one-half of the summer. New students beginning with DBU in a summer term must also have a FAFSA completed and submitted to DBU.
File Completion Dates
- April 15 - is the file completion date to submit documents to ensure student financial aid files are ready for reviewing and awarding of Spring aid before the end of that current Spring term. Funding may not be available if documents are submitted after this date.
- June 1 - This is the file completion date to have student financial aid files complete to ensure funds are awarded in time for advanced Fall registration.
- November 1 - This is the file completion date to have student financial aid files complete to ensure funds are awarded in time for advanced Spring registration.
- November 15 - is the file completion date to submit documents to ensure student financial aid files are ready for reviewing
and awarding of Fall aid before the end of that current Fall term. Funding may not be available if documents are submitted after this date.
Deadlines
The FAFSA deadline is midnight of June 30th for the preceding year's (i.e., June 30, 2012 for the 2010-2011 awarding year). Corrections for that same academic year must be made by midnight of September 15th.( For current FAFSA deadlines follow this link: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm
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