Financial Aid Basics
Rollins Grant is an example of this type of financial aid.
What is need-based financial aid
An increasese in merit scholarship will impact the need-based eligibility of this award.
What is Rollins Grant
This is the day financial aid offers are released on a weekly basis.
What is Monday
This Florida grant can be awarded without ever filing the FAFSA.
What is the Florida EASE Grant
If a Florida resident student qualifies for the Dean's scholarship, they are also likely to qualify for this Bright Futures award.
What is Bright Futures Academic Scholars
FAFSA is an acronym that stands for this.
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid
This is our cost of attendance at Rollins for 2526 for a residential CLA student.
What is $84,870
Freshmen across the board are only offered this much in federal student loans
What is $5,500
This is the deadline every year for students to apply for Bright Futures with the state of Florida fresh out of high school.
What is August 31st.
This is the index that measures a family's financial strength by combining a family's income and net worth. It's used to determine financial aid eligibility.
What is Student Aid Index
This is a stackable award that international students can receive and is not based on need or academics
What is an athletic grant
Name a "special circumstance" that is eligible for a FAFSA review so we may reconsider the financial aid offer.
What is separation, divorce, death of a parent, loss of employment, retirement, reduction of salary, high medical expenses in prior year, etc
This is the current SAT test score or cumulative high school GPA required for students to qualify for the Bright Futures Medallion scholars award.
What is SAT 1210 or GPA 3.0
This is the tax year our incoming freshmen for 2026-2027 will be required to report on FAFSA.
What is tax year 2024
Tuition remission, tuition exchange, and Alfond recipients are not eligible for this institutional award.
What is Rollins Grant
This is the form that students under irregular immigration statuses are able to complete but are not able to receive funds from it.
What is the FAFSA?
Students under assylum petition or who have applied for permanent residency can still likely be eligible for this Florida grant.
What is the Florida EASE Grant
This is the status under which a minor or student under the age of 24 can file the FAFSA without any parental information, ordered by a court.
What is Legal Guardianship
This prevents the FA team from issuing a financial aid offer, even though the student has been admitted, filed a FAFSA, and is FAFSA eligible.
What is verification or tax conflict?