Forms

Please mail the original of all forms. Due to our new process of document imaging, we request that no documents are faxed because of potential resolution problems. All deadlines are postmark deadlines. Thank you! 

2012-13 Applications for Need-based and Merit-based Financial Aid:

• Application for Financial Aid and Scholarships (prospective students only)
• International Student Application for Financial Aid and Scholarships (prospective students only)
• Non-Custodial Parent Statement
• FAFSA on the WEB (Dept. of Education) Grinnell Code: 001868
• IRS Form 4506T - Request a Tax Transcript Needed only if unable to use FAFSA IRS Data Retrieval process
• Institutional Verification Form - New and Returning Dependent Students (New students complete only if requested.)  

2011-12 Applications for Need-based and Merit-based Financial Aid:

STOP!  Do not fill out these forms if applying for the Fall 2012 or beyond. Spring 2012 Transfer applicants must complete the 2011-12 forms.

• Application For Financial Aid and Scholarships (prospective 2012 spring semester transfer students only)
• Non-Custodial Parent Statement
• FAFSA on the WEB (Dept. of Education) Grinnell Code: 001868
• Grinnell College Institutional Verification Form - Returning students: please use the barcoded IVF that was mailed to you.  If you no longer have it, please contact us. 

Authorization for the Release of Information

• Student Release of Information Form

Federal Direct Loan

Step 1:

Complete the 2011-12 Federal Direct Loan Request Form

This form lets us know how much you'd like to borrow.

Mail it to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

(New students may download this form or use the form provided in their booklet.)

Step 2:

Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS):

Step 1:

**New this year: a FAFSA must be completed before a PLUS Loan can be certified.**

FAFSA on the WEB (Dept. of Education) Grinnell Code: 001868

Step 2:

Complete the 2011-12 Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request Form

This form lets us know how much you'd like to borrow.

Mail it to the Office of Student Financial Aid.

Step 3:

Parents borrowing for new students and first-time parent borrowers of returning students should complete the Federal Direct Parent Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) online at the link below. You may electronically sign the MPN using your Federal PIN number. If you have previously borrowed a Federal Direct PLUS Loan you do not need to complete the Master Promissory Note again. 

Federal Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note Online  Customer Service 800-848-0979

If you cannot complete your Master Promissory Note online, print the MPN below, complete it, and send it to us along with the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request Form.

Federal Direct PLUS Loan MPN

Cost/Monthly Payment Worksheets:

• 2011-12 Cost Payment Worksheet for Domestic Students
• 2011-12 Cost Payment Worksheet for International Students