Financial Aid Office - FASFA

By: Michelle Pena (Oneonta, NY)

 

Located in 123 Netzer, the financial aid office helps students with requirements, disbursements and any actions required to experience a smooth ride in the aid processes throughout students four years here in SUNY Oneonta. What helps in these smoothly run operations are the financial aid counselors.

The big buzz in the Financial aid office on the SUNY Oneonta campus is that FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is now available for the 1718 school year. FASFA used to be available in January but now it is about a year earlier. This now gives you the ability to submit all required documents from the previous year which makes it so such easier on counselor, parents and most importantly, students! As students are filling out the application all they have to do is get their parents 2015 tax returns and other required documents which would already be on file and this is what makes it so much easier and beneficial.

Speaking to one of the 6 counselors in the office, Serenity Beardslee gave much insight about this new change. It will create the stress free environment and she hopes that overall this change is for the better as it will now be like this moving forward.