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Students who wish to be considered for financial aid must apply each year. To apply for financial aid as a Boston College student, there are several forms that must be completed:

• To apply for federal and/or state aid, you need to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Federal aid includes Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Direct Loans, both subsidized and unsubsidized, Nursing loans, and Work-Study. State aid varies by state. Once the FAFSA is completed, you may be selected by the Federal Processor for a process called听Verification,听which means you will听have to provide additional requirements to verify actual tax data.听For more information,听visit the听Policies and Eligibility听web page.
• By completing only the FAFSA, Boston College is not able to determine your eligibility for institutional need-based grants. In order to be considered for all institutional need-based aid as well as all federal and state aid, you must complete the FAFSA and听additional forms, if applicable to your situation.

You may check the status of your application at听.

If you did not file a tax return and deposit to Boston College, an additional form will be collected sometime in mid-May to verify your tax filing status.听You may also submit the student听Income Tax Non-Filer Verification form.

Boston College is committed to meeting your full demonstrated institutional financial need throughout your undergraduate years. However, your need may change from year to year. Circumstances in which your need may change could include an increase or decrease in the parent's or student's income or assets, family size, or number of family members attending college. Your financial aid award will change to reflect these changes in circumstances. If the family's circumstances remain relatively constant over the years of attendance, the total financial aid received should not change significantly. Self-help expectations (Federal Work-Study and Federal Loan amounts) may change with grade level advances.

All students are encouraged to seek outside scholarships to help with the cost of their education. To ensure the outside scholarship will benefit the student as much as possible, it is our policy to replace the loan and work study portion of the student鈥檚 financial aid offer before adjusting any Boston College grant or scholarship funds. Because 香蕉秀 meets full demonstrated institutional need, the total grant funding, including outside scholarships, cannot exceed that determined need. The financial aid offer will be adjusted as needed to keep the offer within institutional financial need.

Sources for outside scholarships can include high schools, civic organizations, vocational rehabilitation programs, National Merit, etc. Boston College also treats any outside resource, like tuition reimbursement or employment-based education benefits from other institutions, as outside scholarships.听

Reporting and Mailing Scholarships

The federal government requires that students inform the Office of Student Services directly of any scholarships or other education benefits received from sources outside of 香蕉秀. This information should be reported for all scholarships, even if the funds are paid directly to the student. You should report this information on your financial aid portal, as well as upload the outside scholarship award letter(s) to the 香蕉秀 document upload portal. Ensure all uploaded outside scholarship information has the student's name and Eagle ID Number included.
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Please mail all听outside scholarship听check payments听to:

Boston College
Office of Student Services
Lyons Hall, Room 103
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Finding Outside Scholarships

Outside scholarships can help students reduce potential debt with funds that do not have to be repaid. There are numerous scholarship opportunities available. The Office of Student Services does not keep an internal listing of outside scholarship opportunities, but there are a variety of popular search engines that students may want to utilize. 香蕉秀 is not affiliated with any of these sites and listing them here should not be construed as an endorsement. Also use caution if using a paid scholarship search provider.

Other Potential Sources

• High school (Boosters, PTA, band, etc.)
  
• Students' or parents' employers
  
• Local businesses
  
• Town governments
  
• Religious organizations
  
• Ethnic and cultural organizations
  
• Military associations
  
• Private foundations and charities
  
  

Your scholarship, grants, and/or loans will pay your bill or direct expenses first. If your financial aid covers more than the charges on your bill, a refund can be requested and funds may be used to pay for your indirect expenses such as books and personal and travel expenses. If your total scholarships, grants, and/or loans are less than the total charges on your bill, your expected family contribution is used to cover the remaining balance and all of the indirect expenses.

Boston College鈥檚 formula for institutional financial need is the difference between your听tuition and fees听less the calculated contribution. For many students, there is no remaining eligibility to qualify for institutional grant funding after federal and state grants and loans.

The costs included for food and housing are based on average rental information provided to our office. If your actual expenses are higher, you can submit a budget appeal to have your actual costs included in the COA. Please note that increasing your COA does not necessarily increase your opportunity to be awarded institutional grant funding. It does provide increased limits for borrowing outside loan programs. For more information about the budget appeal process, please reach out to your financial aid counselor.