The Profile and the FAFSA

To be considered for Haverford College financial aid, please submit the Profile Application to the College Board and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the Federal Student Aid Programs by our deadlines. Also, complete any of the forms noted below which may pertain to you. Please do not wait until tax returns are completed or W-2 forms are available. All forms must be filed by the above deadlines. The Profile Application must be submitted to the College Board by November 15 for early decision and by February 1 for regular decision. The FAFSA is available January 1st and must be filed by February 1st. Both the federal government and the College Board allow you to file the FAFSA and the Profile application before you have completed your tax returns. If you wish to apply for Federal funds only, you should not complete the Profile Application. Haverford's FAFSA Code is 003274 and College Board Profile Application Code is 2289.

To obtain help from the College Board for the Profile Application, send an email to help@cssprofile.org or call (305)829-9793 (Telephone Service for the Deaf (800)915-9990). International students who must file the College Board's International Student Financial Aid Application (see below) may obtain a copy of this form at their school (or from the link at our Forms Page). The FAFSA is available from Department of Education's web site. To obtain help from the Federal Student Financial Aid Programs for the FAFSA, please call (800) 4 FED AID.

Haverford's FAFSA Code is 003274.

Haverford's College Scholarship Service Profile Application Code is 2289.

Additional Forms

• After you have filed the Profile, you will receive instructions from the College Board starting February 1st on how to submit tax returns and some supplementary forms to Haverford College using the Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC). The College Board will collect the returns and forms at no cost to students and their families and make the information available on a secure server to colleges you have applied to and who have contracted for this service. The instructions from the College Board will provide a cover sheet for you to use to send your information to IDOC. If you need additional copies of the cover sheet, have questions about the IDOC service, or the processing status of your family's documents, please call IDOC at (305)420-3688. Our informational sheet on IDOC is also available.
• Send to the College Board's IDOC Service a signed copy of all pages and schedules of your parents' 2012 U.S., Puerto Rico, or foreign Tax Return, including W-2 forms, by February 15th or as soon as possible. If you (i.e. applicant) file a 2012 Return, send a signed copy to IDOC also. If you or your parents apply for an extension of time to file the Return, please send (1) a signed copy of the 2012 IRS Form 4868 (Extension Form), (2) copies of your/their 2012 W-2 forms or signed statement of 2012 income source(s), and (3) a signed and complete copy of all pages and schedules of your/their 2011 U.S., Puerto Rico, or foreign Tax Return, including W-2 forms to IDOC. Send all tax returns IDOC. Note that we do not need state tax returns. Do not send your tax returns to Haverford College. The Financial Aid Office always recommends that you keep copies of important documents including tax returns.
• If you are a foreign citizen residing with your family (not just attending school) in the United States, please submit your completed Profile Application to the College Board by November 15 for Early Decision or by February 1 for Regular Decision. You do not have to complete the FAFSA.
• If you are a foreign citizen residing abroad with your family, please complete the College Board's International Student Financial Aid Application and mail it to Haverford by November 15 for Early Decision or by February 1 for Regular Decision. You do not have to complete the College Board's Profile Application or the FAFSA.
• If you are an U.S. citizen residing abroad, please submit your completed Profile Application to the College Board and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by November 15 for Early Decision or by February 1 for Regular Decision. (The FAFSA cannot be filed until January 1st.)
• If your parents are self-employed, own, operate or are in any way involved in a farm or business (including but not limited to any income for which they have or will file a Schedule C on their U.S. Income Tax), they must send a Business/Farm Supplement along with complete and signed copies of all pages of their 2012 business/corporate returns to the College Board's IDOC Service by the above deadlines. Do not send the Business/Farm Supplement or the corporate/partnership tax returns to Haverford College. The Business/Farm Supplement is available at our On-Line Forms Page.
• New Students: If your parents are single, divorced, or separated, you and the parent with whom you reside must complete the College Board Profile Application and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). When the parent with whom you reside completes the Profile, you will receive an email from the College Board with a password to send to your noncustodial parent. Your other parent must complete the College Board Noncustodial Profile after changing the password to ensure security of the information. The noncustodial parent must also send a complete and signed copy of all pages and schedules including W-2's of their 2012 U.S., Puerto Rico, or foreign tax returns directly to the College Board's IDOC Service by the above deadlines. Do not send the tax returns to Haverford College. (The FAFSA cannot be filed until January 1st.) Returning Students: If your parents are single, divorced, or separated, you and the parent with whom you reside must complete the College Board Profile Application and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Your other parent must complete the College Board Noncustodial Parent's Statement and send it along with a complete and signed copy of all pages and schedules including W-2's of their 2012 U.S., Puerto Rico, or foreign tax returns directly to the College Board's IDOC Service by the above deadlines. Do not send the Noncustodial Parent's Statement or the tax returns to Haverford College. (The FAFSA cannot be filed until January 1st.)
• If you are not a U.S. citizen but are a permanent resident or otherwise eligible noncitizen (see instructions on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA]), please send a copy of both sides of your Permanent Resident Card to Haverford by November 15th for Early Decision and by February 1st for Regular Decision.
• You are also required to file an application for any grant program provided by your state government that can be used at a Pennsylvania institution.