How to Apply for Aid
Verification and Quality Assurance
What Happens if YOU are Selected?
Each year about 30 percent of students' financial aid applications nationwide are chosen for "verification": a process of confirming data supplied by the applicant and/or parents on aid applications. UF also must resolve discrepancies on students' aid applications and participates in the Federal Quality Assurance Program. Participation in this program allows us to establish verification criteria for UF and determine which student files must be verified. Because of this, you should disregard any statement on your Federal Student Aid Report that you are being verified.
If your application is selected for verification or quality assurance, or if there are discrepancies on your aid application information, you will receive an email from us alerting you to check your financial aid status on ISIS at www.isis.ufl.edu to determine what documents to provide.
Aid funds cannot be disbursed to you until you have submitted all requested documents and the accuracy of your information has been checked. Do not submit any documents unless we request that you do so. This process can take six weeks or longer.
Do
- turn in all documents requested by SFA as soon as possible.
- be sure all documents are signed.
- be sure your name and UFID and/or Social Security number are on all documents you submit.
- keep photocopies of all information you submit and record the date you send in the documents.
- keep photocopies of tax returns and W-2s.
- call the IRS at 1 (800) 829-1040 if you need copies of your IRS forms.
Do not
- submit incomplete or illegible documents; if you do, they will be returned to you with a request for acceptable forms, causing a delay in processing your aid.
- submit photocopies of income tax forms with information covered up by another form.
- submit any documentation unless requested by SFA.
- Do not panic! Just be organized.