Checklist for Continuing & Transfer Students:
√ File the FAFSA by the college's priority deadline at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
√ NYS residents should apply for TAP grant at www.hesc.ny.gov.
√ If you were selected for verification please visit my.newpaltz for information on your application status and your documentation requirements to complete the verification process.
√ Official award notices get sent via email after the NYS budget is passed in late April/early May. We send notices to your New Paltz email, FAFSA email and personal email addresses.
√ Login to my.newpaltz to accept/decline your aid package. Follow the instructions from the email.
→If you accept a Direct Student Loan then you must complete the following before school starts (note- if you've already completed this last year at New Paltz then you don't need to do it again):
Login to studentloans.gov with your student federal pin...
- Complete Entrance Counseling for State University College - New Paltz
- Complete a Master Promissory Note for subsidized/unsubsidized loan
→If you accept a Direct Parent PLUS Loan your parent must apply online after June 1st (they must apply every year they want the loan).
Login to studentloans.gov with your parental federal pin...
- Click and complete Request a Direct PLUS Loan after June 1st (select 'State University College - New Paltz' from the list of schools)
- If approved, you will be asked to complete a Master Promissory Note for a Parent PLUS loan (note- you will not need a new note if your same parent borrower had a disbursed PLUS loan last year)
√ After you've registered for classes Student Accounts will email you a notification that your invoice (bill) is available. Any aid you accepted will show as a deferral on your invoice.
√ If you will not be full-time then you must submit a part-time enrollment form to the Financial Aid Office. Part-time students’ aid will not show up as a deferral on the invoice unless you submit this form!
√ Login to my.newpaltz and accept the charges on your invoice per the email from Student Accounts. You are responsible to pay any balance due by the due date on your individual invoice.
√Financial Aid begins disbursing after the 2nd week of classes. Any excess aid you have accepted that's above the cost of your invoice will be issued as a refund over the course of the semester.
