Resources
Events
Looking to connect with us on campus or in the community? View some of our upcoming events.
Determining Your Out of Pocket Costs Workshop
As you begin to prepare to join us for the Fall 2022 semester, we know you may be wondering how all your expenses and financial aid balance out. There are many varying costs that University of Arizona students need to consider such as choosing to live on campus versus off campus, which meal plan to sign up for, and how to account for the costs of required books.
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid is excited to offer a new workshop, Determining Your Out of Pocket Costs, open to all incoming first year students and their supporters. This workshop will help you calculate your expected expenses for the year and understand how your offered financial aid can help to offset the costs.
Workshops will be held every first Thursday of the month, via Zoom in Arizona time:
- Thursday, June 2nd, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Thursday, July 7th, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Thursday, August 4th, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
RSVP for your date selection at bit.ly/FAWorkshop2022
Investing in Your Education, a Student Loan Workshop
This summer, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (OSFA) will be hosting Investing in Your Education, a brand new workshop to help students better understand their student loan options. Our workshop will walk you through:
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the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans
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how to calculate how much you will need to borrow
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an understanding of repayment options after you graduate
Workshops will be held virtually on zoom every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 4:00 pm (Arizona time):
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Wednesday, June 8th
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Wednesday, July 13th
RSVP for your date selection at bit.ly/StudentLoanWorkshop2022
Getting Your SAP Back on Track Workshop
Have you been informed that you are not meeting SAP standards and want to learn more?
Join our informative virtual session to better understand what meeting SAP means for you and your financial aid. You will leave with a better understanding of how to complete your appeal and how to get back on track so you can maintain your financial aid eligibility in the future.
Workshops will be held virtually on zoom (Arizona time):
- Wednesday, July 27, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
- Tuesday, August 2, 3:00 – 4:00 pm
- Thursday, August 11, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
- Thursday, August 18, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Wednesday, August 24, 1:00 – 2:00 pm
RSVP for your date selection at bit.ly/Fall2022Workshop1
Previous Workshops
Are you looking for help on a different topic? View past workshop recordings here:
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2022-2023 FAFSA Fundamentals Workshop
Our workshop gives an overview of the FAFSA to help both students and their supporters. View this recording to answer you general questions about the FAFSA. -
2022-2023 Taller de Fundamentos de FAFSA
¿Busca ayuda con la FAFSA en español? Descargue una copia de nuestro Taller de fundamentos de FAFSA en español. -
Taking Care of That Past Due Balance Workshop
Our goal is to help you learn about your finance options, avoid additional past due balance charges and enroll in the Spring 2022 semester to persist towards graduation.-
We put together some notes from the workshop that you can use alongside the recording. You can access them at bit.ly/BalanceNotes
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Would a visual aid be helpful? We’ve created a decision tree to help you understand all your options. Take a peek at https://bit.ly/BalanceDecisionTree
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Perfecting Your Scholarship Search Workshop
Scholarship Universe is our streamlined, unique scholarship matching database, created right here at the University of Arizona for Wildcats like you! To help you get the most out of Scholarship Universe, the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid is hosting a monthly AzAidSmart workshop: Perfecting Your Scholarship Search. This workshop will equip you with the tools you need to become a Scholarship Universe super user! Take-aways from this session include how to maximize your search so you spend your time in the portal wisely, utilize the statistics feature so you narrow down the opportunities that are most likely to turn into $$ for you, and turn your partial matches into complete matches, increasing your chances to be selected.-
View notes from this workshop here: bit.ly/SUNotes
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Financial Aid for Indigenous Wildcats
Financial Aid for Indigenous Wildcats is a customized workshop, focused on helping Native students get the answers to their financial aid related questions. This workshop will cover FAFSA basics and include information regarding tribal aid. -
Maximizing Your Time & Money Workshop
The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, in partnership with Wayfinders, is offering a workshop to help students make the most of both their time in school and their financial aid. This two-part session starts with a review of your Academic Advisement Report, which outlines your program requirements and can be used to create a semester by semester plan. Next, you will learn how to maintain the financial aid you are receiving year over year.
After attending this workshop, you will better understand how to maintain your financial aid eligibility, maximize your awarded funds, and continue to make progress towards graduation.
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Your Best Financial Future WorkshopWe know that deciding which college to attend might be the biggest financial decision you’ve made thus far. In light of that, the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid (OSFA) is committed to equipping students with the tools they need to be successful in selecting the college that is the best financial fit for them.The two part workshop series, Your Best Financial Future, has been uniquely designed to help non-Arizona resident students plan for their expected financial aid and their estimated educational and living expenses as a student at Arizona. In addition, it will help you gain a better understanding of what your estimated four-year costs could be, consider what paying for your undergraduate career at Arizona looks like and how this investment impacts your future.
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Determining Your Out of Pocket Costs
As you begin to prepare to join us for the Fall 2022 semester, we know you may be wondering how all your expenses and financial aid balance out. There are many varying costs that University of Arizona students need to consider such as choosing to live on campus versus off campus, which meal plan to sign up for, and how to account for the costs of required books. This workshop will help you calculate your expected expenses for the year and understand how your offered financial aid can help to offset the costs.
- Scholars Striving for Success
Are you wondering what steps you can take to work towards your scholarship renewing for the 2021-2022 school year? Attend our AzAidSmart workshop: Scholars Striving for Success to learn what you can do to renew or reinstate your scholarship.
- Student Loan Repayment Workshop
View a recording of our Student Loan Repayment workshop as part of our AzAidSmart series, open to all our graduating Wildcats. We encourage you to attend a session to better understand your next steps and learn which repayment plan is best for you. While this workshop is not required, we strongly encourage you to join us so you feel more prepared to begin making payments and to take proactive measures to get your loans paid off sooner.
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Has your FAFSA been selected to go through the federal verification process? View our AzAidSmart workshop that will help guide you through the verification process. During our workshop you will learn what documents you will need to provide so you can complete the federal verification process.