Apply for Aid: Domestic First-Year Applicants

The CSS Profile opens each year on October 1.

• Submit your CSS Profile using Bryn Mawr College code #2049. The College Board grants fee waivers for eligible students based on income information upon completion of the application.
• 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 2023 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 2022 federal income tax returns (no state returns), both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules.

Both student and custodial parent should complete and sign the College Board Non-Custodial Parent Petition Waiver, and upload it along with a signed, third-party statement on letterhead (e.g. high school counselor, social worker, teacher, or clergy who has first-hand knowledge about and can certify your situation) or supporting documentation to IDOC. Once uploaded to IDOC, let us know via email at finaid@brynmawr.edu. Note: statements from family members will not be accepted.

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.

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