Completing the following the steps by the above deadline ensures that you have enough time to receive your aid offer before the scheduled disbursement date.
Completing these steps after the above deadline may result in a delay in your scheduled disbursement.
Students must be registered at least half-time (at least 2 credits in the Summer semester and at least 4 credits in Fall and Spring semesters) for classes that fulfills degree requirements, maintain satisfactory academic progress in a degree granting program and either a US citizen or eligible noncitizen to qualify for Financial Aid.
The following steps pertain to students enrolled in the following Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Programs:
STEP 1. Create an FSA ID account by accessing the FSA ID website. An FSA ID gives you access to Federal Student Aid’s online systems and can serve as your legal signature. If you already have an FSA ID, you do not have to register again.
STEP 2. Complete and submit the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). On the FAFSA, students will have to report income from the Prior Prior Year, which is the 2022 US income and tax information.
You must consent to use the Direct Data Exchange (DDX) to import 2022 IRS income and tax information onto the FAFSA. The DDX is available to use within FAFSA application. Consent must be provided even if you did not earn income in 2022. If you do not provide consent, your FAFSA will be rejected, which will delay the processing of your aid and disbursements.
You must complete a FAFSA every year if you wish to receive financial aid.
New York Medical College’s Federal School Code is G02784.
STEP 3. Annual Student Loan Acknowledgement
This new process allows students to view how much they currently owe in federal student loans and to acknowledge that they have seen this amount.
Please access the StudentAid.gov website, to complete the Annual Student Loan Acknowledgement.
STEP 4. Master Promissory Note(s)
STUDENTS who have not received Direct Unsubsidized loan funds, must complete a Direct Unsubsidized Loans Master Promissory Note. Please access the Student Loan website to complete the Direct Subsidized Loans/Direct Unsubsidized Loans Master Promissory Note. You will need your FSA ID to log in.
If you are accepting more than the maximum Direct Unsubsidized loan amount of $20,500, you will also need to borrow the Direct PLUS Loan for Graduate/Professional Students. The approval of the Direct PLUS Loan is based on the student not having an adverse credit history
STUDENTS who have not received Direct PLUS loan funds, must complete a Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note for Graduate/Professional Students. Please access the Student Loan website to complete the Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note. You will need your FSA ID to log in.
Not completing the Master Promissory Note will delay the disbursement of your federal loan funds.
STEP 5. Entrance Counseling(s).
BORROWERS who have not completed an Entrance Counseling must access the Student Loan website to complete the federal mandated Entrance Counseling. As a graduate or professional student, the Entrance Counseling will fulfill counseling requirements for the Direct Unsubsidized Loans and Direct PLUS Loans.
Not completing entrance counseling will delay the disbursement of your federal loan funds.
STEP 6. Financial Aid Offer Notification
Once you have submitted the appropriate accurate financial aid paperwork, your financial aid eligibility will be determined. You will be notified via email, to access the TouroOne Portal, with instructions on how to accept, decline, or reduce your offered aid. The Offer Notification will be sent to your official NYMC email account.
In some cases, you may need to provide additional documents requested by the Office of Student Financial Planning.
It is the student’s responsibility to submit the required financial aid paperwork to the Office of Student Financial Planning, by the financial aid deadline and to follow up if financial aid expected to be received was not awarded or disbursed.