• All financial aid recipients are expected to review their Aid Offer and all terms and conditions provided on both the Financial Aid offer and the Financial Aid website. 
• Any information that is unclear should be addressed immediately with OSFA. 
• Financial Aid for Undergraduate students is initially offered based on a full-time  (12 units or more) enrollment assumption and then prorated and adjusted to actual enrollment and intensity (for Pell Grant purposes specifically), when applicable. Click here for more information about how enrollment impacts financial aid. This applies to Undergraduate students only.
• Graduate/Professional students are offered financial aid based on a half-time (5 + units) assumption which is the minimum enrollment required for Federal Direct Loans for Graduate students. Graduate/Professional students enrolled in more than 5 units may contact OSFA to have their Cost of Attendance and aid offer re-evaluated for the higher enrollment level. 

An over-award (OA) occurs when a student’s total free money or need-based awards (scholarships and grants) exceed their calculated Financial Need (as determined by the FAFSA) or when a student’s total awards exceed their estimated Cost of Attendance (COA). Federal Regulations require the University of Arizona to resolve all OAs before additional financial aid can be released. OAs are resolved by reducing and/or canceling financial aid offered. In some cases, OAs can be resolved by a student submitting a COA Appeal which is used to document additional expenses not included in a student’s estimated COA. For more information about OAs, please visit https://financialaid.arizona.edu/policies/OA.

• The amount of Federal Work-Study (FWS) aid shown on the Aid Offer is the maximum amount of money the student can expect to earn during the academic year as a result of hours worked. FWS earnings are paid directly to the student through payroll for hours worked.
   

• Students who never attend any classes in which they are enrolled, or who withdraw from classes, may have their aid adjusted under the Withdrawal Policy.
• Any changes to your enrollment may result in a Pell Recalculation. More information can be found under our Pell Grant Eligibility page. 
• Aid offers reflect aid for one full academic year, but the amount is halved and applied equally to both Fall and Spring semesters. Students who have a graduation check-out on file for the Fall or Winter term will be offered financial aid prorated for the Fall term only. Similarly, students admitted for the Spring term will be offered financial aid for the Spring term only. 
• Students are responsible for applying for Title IV Federal and Institutional financial aid every year by submitting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  Institutional funding is limited; it is recommended students fill out their FAFSA by the University of Arizona’s Priority Filing Date . University of Arizona Tuition scholarships do not require this, rather, students must meet renewal criteria each year. 
• Renewal of Title IV Federal Financial Aid and Institutional Aid depends upon the student maintaining Satisfactory Academic Progress standards.
• Title IV Federal Financial Aid can only be paid by one school, and this should be the student’s home school (the school at which the student is pursuing their degree). Students attending two schools in the same semester must inform OSFA. In order to be considered to receive financial aid from the University of Arizona for dual enrollment should review the Consortium Agreement Policy. 
• The Department of Education has set annual and lifetime loan borrowing limits. It is the responsibility of the student to monitor their federal loan borrowing totals. Students who reach their Federal Direct loan limits will not be eligible to receive additional Federal Direct Loans. Students can review their loan borrowing history by logging into studentaid.gov. 
  • If OSFA determines that a student is close to, at, or exceeding their annual and/or lifetime loan borrowing limits, the Federal Direct Loan(s) will be reduced or canceled. The reduction or cancellation will occur even if the loan has already been disbursed to their Bursar's student account, which may cause a balance due. Students are responsible for monitoring their Bursar's student account balances. 

The Department of Education has set lifetime Federal Pell Grant limits. Students are responsible for monitoring Federal Pell Grant usage by logging into their studentaid.gov account and reviewing their annual FAFSA Submission Summary upon FAFSA submission.

Students must report any additional funding they will be receiving to OSFA immediately. This includes stipends, outside scholarships, VA, ROTC and/or tuition awards that are not listed on their Aid Offer. OSFA will add a placeholder for the additional funding expected by the student and coordinate the student's financial aid accordingly to avoid overawards or overpayments that could cause a student's financial aid to be reduced or canceled later. 

Changes or corrections made to the student’s FAFSA, by either the school or by the student, could result in an adjustment to the types and amounts of previously offered financial aid. All changes to a student's Financial Aid Offer will be communicated to the student via an email to their official Arizona email account and are also viewable to the student in their UAccess Student Center at uaccess.arizona.edu.

Email

In compliance with the university e-mail policy, correspondence from OSFA will be sent to a student’s CatMail. It is the responsibility of the student to check their e-mail frequently, in order to stay current with university-related communications. Emails from OSFA come from DoNotReply-AskAid@email.arizona.edu.

Student Center To Do Items

OSFA will also post To Do items that can be viewed by the student in UAccess Student Center. To Do items can have serious impacts such as preventing a student from being awarded or preventing a student’s financial aid from being released. Like e-mails, it is the responsibility of the student to check UAccess Student Center frequently.

Text Messages

Students who are asked to submit certain verification documentation to OSFA may opt-in to receive text alerts with reminders about the documentation/information requested. Learn more about StudentForms here.