Renew Your Aid: Current Undergraduate Students

The CSS Profile opens each year on October 1.

• Submit your CSS Profile using Bryn Mawr College code #2049.
• If your parents are divorced, separated, or never married, both parent households must submit a Profile.
• Report your full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Provide your social security number to ensure accurate processing of your financial aid results.
• After reviewing your Profile data, your financial aid counselor may contact you directly and request that you send more information in order to provide you with the most accurate award possible.
• If you are a McBride student, you should submit your CSS Profile using your information and your spouse's (if applicable).

The FAFSA opens each year on October 1.

• Complete the FAFSA using Bryn Mawr College code #003237.
• You and a parent must have an FSA ID to sign the online FAFSA form.
• We strongly encourage providing consent for the Department of Education to receive an individual's federal tax information (FTI) directly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If you do not provide consent, your student will be ineligible for federal aid.
• Report social security numbers and full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Without them, the Department of Education will not be able to process your financial aid application.
• If you are a McBride student, you and your spouse (if applicable) must sign your FAFSA with an FSA ID and provide FTI consent (see above).

• Full federal income tax returns are required to apply for institutional financial aid.
• When you complete the CSS Profile, the College Board will prompt you to submit prior prior year federal tax returns or non-tax filer statements to Bryn Mawr College using the Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC). This service is provided at no cost to you or your parents.
• You should submit signed copies of all federal income tax returns (no state returns), both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules for both parents and stepparents (if applicable). All documents should be uploaded through IDOC.
• If you are a McBride student and independent, you and your spouse (if applicable) must submit signed photocopies of all 2023 federal income tax returns (no state returns), both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules.

If you are a current student who is not receiving need-based aid, does not want to borrow federal aid, or is only receiving merit aid, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at finaid@brynmawr.edu so we can waive your financial aid requirements.

No, current international students do not need to reapply for aid each academic year. Your aid was determined at the point of your admission.

If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident seeking only federal financial aid such as Federal Direct Loans or Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loans, please submit the FAFSA using Bryn Mawr College Code #003237.

If you are applying for financial aid after our deadline for the current year, you should complete the 2024-2025 CSS Profile, FAFSA, and upload 2022 tax returns to IDOC.

Bryn Mawr requires financial information from both custodial and noncustodial parents/households. If you have special circumstances that warrant consideration for your noncustodial parent, complete the College Board Non-Custodial Parent Petition Waiver. Please be aware that Bryn Mawr College requires an additional third-party statement signed and on letterhead along with the College Board Waiver.

When you go to your Financial Aid Portal, make sure that all sources of aid have been either accepted or declined. Any awards left at pending can keep aid from disbursing. If, for example you have a Bryn Mawr Grant and Federal Work Study, leaving your Work Study at pending can keep your Bryn Mawr Grant from disbursing

If you only wish to receive merit aid, please contact our office via email so that we can waive any unnecessary documents and complete your aid application.