Summer 2023 Financial Aid

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Applying for Summer Financial Aid

To be eligible for financial aid in the summer, a FAFSA must be completed for the prior academic year. Some graduate students will also need to submit a FAFSA for the upcoming academic year. Students must also be matriculated (seeking a degree) and cannot be conditionally readmitted.

Students applying for summer aid will be held to the standards of the academic progress policy. Your summer aid is contingent upon meeting satisfactory academic progress (SAP), or the requirements of your academic plan, if applicable. Academic progress will be measured after spring grades are posted. If you fail to meet academic progress or the requirements of your plan, your summer aid will be canceled.

Before submitting an application for summer aid, please be sure you have:

  • completed a 2022-2023 FAFSA (or a 2023-2024 FAFSA if applicable*)
  • met all standards of the academic progress policy
  • enrolled in the minimum number of credits to receive aid

Summer 2023 Financial Aid Application

Click Here for Summer Aid Details

Enrollment

  Undergraduate Graduate/Law School Rutgers Business School (Newark)
Full-time 12 or more credits 6 or more credits 12 or more credits
Three-quarter time 9-11.5 credits N/A 9-11.5 credits
Half-time 6-8.5 credits 3-5.5 credits 6-8.5 credits
Less than half-time 5.5 or less credits 2.5 or less credits 5.5 or less credits

Summer Aid + Term Bill Payment 

Applying for summer aid through the Office of Financial Aid 

If you are enrolled at least ½ time [6.0 credits or more], you may apply for summer financial aid. If you were a recipient of Pell for fall and spring, you may be eligible for a Pell grant in the summer.

  • Please visit OFA's Summer Aid webpage to get started. 
  • Make sure you have a 22-23 FAFSA on file as it is necessary to receive funding for the Summer 2023 session.
  • Financial Aid will send you an updated award letter via email once processed. This process may take up to two weeks.

Viewing your summer aid on your award letter

  • Before emailing the office about the status of your summer financial aid, please check to see if your summer aid is already on your award letter. Follow the steps below.
  • Log in to view your award letter (please note that OFA will be emailing you once your award is ready).
  • Once you log in, please select the "22-23" academic year, and under "view options" on the right-hand side grey bar select both "awards only" and "term breakdown."

  • If your summer aid has been processed, it will appear on your award letter as "Additional Federal Pell Grant." 

The Pell Grant hasn't "crossed over" to your term bill

...aka Pell hasn't paid its portion of the summer 2023 term bill. Here's why you don't see your additional Pell on your summer '23 term bill yet. 

  • Please note that when spring 2023 grades are posted and the Office of Financial Aid reviews you for Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), and if there is no issue, the funds will cross over (and show on your term bill) by end of the first week of June.
  • This process happens every year.

Paying part of your summer 2023 term bill 

This is for students who are looking to pay their term bill but are still waiting on their summer aid to post. 

  • Math: Summer 2023 total term bill balance - Additional Federal Pell Grant = Payment to be made
  • Log into your term bill and make sure you select "Summer 2023." Select the blue “Pay My Bill,” choose the “I am receiving aid that was not reflected on my term bill” option, and adjust the payment amount. The screenshots below show an example.
  • You can view payment options here
  • If you have additional questions about payments, please complete a web form via the myRUN Supportal at  https://go.rutgers.edu/myrunsupport 

Summer Financial Aid FAQs

Will I automatically be awarded Federal Direct Loans for summer financial aid?
Do I need to have a FAFSA on file to qualify for summer financial aid?
How many summer credits do I have to be registered for?
Do I have to be registered in multiple summer sessions OR can I be registered in just one of the summer sessions to be eligible for summer financial aid?
How would I know if I was offered financial aid for the summer? Will I be notified?
Would I be awarded grants or loans if I apply for summer financial aid?
I did not ask for loans for the summer, how do I decline them?
I originally did not ask for loans on my application; however, I need them now. How can I reinstate them?
Can I use a portion of the financial aid offered for the upcoming fall semester to cover my summer term bill?
Can you apply any refund money I received in the spring semester toward my summer bill?
I was offered the Federal Pell Grant for summer but I don’t see it on my bill yet. Do I have to do something from my end?
I am waiting on my summer aid to post to my bill, but I still need to make a payment since my aid won’t cover my full balance. How can I make this payment?
I logged onto the required documents portal, and I see that I have “Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)” pending? Why is that? And what is SAP?

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