Early Decision Financial Aid Appeals Process

For this year, the deadline for requesting an appeal for Regular Decision is April 21st 2026.  All documents should be submitted as soon as possible. If documents are not submitted by April 27th, our office cannot guarantee an appeal response by May 1st, 2026,  the deposit deadline for Regular Decision admitted students.

If you think you may need a deposit deadline extension, please contact admissions@brynmawr.edu

To establish your award, the Office of Financial Aid completes a need analysis calculation on the information provided on the CSS Profile you submitted.  The analysis provides an equitable assessment of demonstrated need based on the level of income and assets reported for the household.

Since we won’t have final 2026-27 tuition and housing costs until late winter, if you receive a revised award offer upon our review, it will still be an estimate. Your aid offer will continue to remain in estimated status until we receive your 2025 taxes, W2s, and all associated schedules, and 2026-27 tuition and housing costs are set at which point we will complete a final award offer.

For more information, please review our Financial Aid Appeals policy.

For the 2026-27 academic year, an average of income from 2024, 2025 and an estimate of your projected 2026 income will be used. For future years, the 3-year average will follow the same pattern of prior/prior year, most recent tax year filed and an estimate for the current year.

For any appeals associated with high medical expenses, please note that we do not not consider expenses not covered by insurance. Paid receipts for medical expenses must be submitted alongside any medical appeals

The Office of Financial Aid does not consider aid offers from other colleges as part of our appeals  process.

To be considered for a financial aid appeal, first complete our Special Circumstances Appeal form and submit through the IDOC portal.

Submit all required documentation through the IDOC portal within five business days.

Required documentation is listed by appeal category on the Special Circumstances Appeal form.

Once your appeal request form and documents have been uploaded, please send an email to finaid@brynmawr.edu to notify us that your appeal request form & documents have been submitted.

To assist with our processing, include your Student ID number (found at the top of your admitted student portal) and "FA Financial Aid Appeal Requested" in the subject line of your email.

You will be required to file and submit your 2025 taxes to our office before we issue a final award offer. Please note that your estimated award may be subject to change based on any updated information submitted to our office.