Application Guidelines for U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents.
The following information will help you determine which applications and forms you will need to submit for financial aid consideration.
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| Required Forms | How to Apply/Where to Send |
|---|---|
| Yale Financial Aid Application | There is no Institutional Financial Aid Application required at this time. A supplemental application will be sent to matriculated students in May. |
| 2012-2013 CSS Profile Application |
Apply online at the College Board website. Yale’s CSS College Code is 3987. Yale receives your Profile data electronically from CSS so you do not send copies or printouts of your application to Yale. Recommended due date: March 1, 2012. |
| CSS Noncustodial Profile (Only required if your parents are divorced, separated, or were never married.) |
When you complete your Profile registration, the College Board will notify you that Yale requires the Noncustodial Profile. You will be sent an e-mail that details the requirement and you will be directed to share this e-mail with your noncustodial parent. This e-mail will contain a link to the Noncustodial Profile website as well as login instructions for your noncustodial parent. Recommended due date: March 7, 2012. |
| CSS Business/Farm Supplement (Only required if your parent(s) are self-employed or own a business.) |
Download and submit directly to Student Financial Services. |
| Parents’ tax return(s) | Custodial Parents: If you have submitted the CSS Profile Application, as early as February you will receive the cover sheet and instructions about the IDOC process. You will then submit signed copies of your parents’ 2011 federal tax returns (including all W2 forms and schedules) to the College Board's Imaging and Documentation Service (IDOC). All documents sent to IDOC must include the cover sheet provided by CSS. If your parents' 2011 tax return will not be completed by March 14, 2012, you should send copies of your parents' 2010 federal tax returns (including all W2 forms and schedules) directly to Yale Student Financial Services. You should only send the 2010 tax forms to Yale if you will not be able to submit the 2011 returns to IDOC by March 14, 2012. Noncustodial Parents: Your noncustodial parent must send a copy of his/her 2011 tax return directly to Student Financial Services. If your noncustodial parents' 2011 tax return will not be completed by March 14, 2012, he/she should submit the 2010 return directly to Student Financial Services. |
| Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) | Apply online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
New this year for student and parent tax filers: Your taxable income must be verified by using the FAFSA's IRS Data Retrieval Tool or by comparing it to an IRS tax transcript. If you filed your federal tax return electronically at least two weeks prior to today or submitted your paper returns 6-8 weeks prior to today, you may be eligible to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool. We strongly encourage you to use this tool which allows both the parent and student to provide consent to the IRS to upload data from your federal tax returns at the time you complete your FAFSA. If you have not completed your tax return yet, you will not be able to use Data Retrieval until you do. However, you can complete the FAFSA using estimates and go back later to complete the Data Retrieval. You will not be able to use the IRS Data Retrieval Process and must submit an IRS Tax Transcript if any of the following applies:
To request an IRS transcript go to: www.irs.gov and click "Order a Tax Return or Account Transcript". |
Mailing Information
| Regular Mail | Overnight Mail | Fax |
|---|---|---|
| Yale University Student Financial Services PO Box 208288 New Haven, CT 06520-8288 |
Yale University Student Financial Services 246 Church Street New Haven, CT 06510 |
(203) 777-6100 |
When submitting financial aid information directly to Yale using the above information, be sure that your name (as the student applicant) and date of birth are listed on the top of each document.
