Applying for Aid -- Transfer Students
If you are transferring to Jefferson, please follow these five steps to use your financial aid.
Step One
Locate your Student Aid Report for the current year. If you provided an e-mail
account when you applied for financial aid, it was sent to your e-mail account;
if not, you received it in the postal mail. If you cannot locate the Student
Aid Report, you have two options. First, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and
select Print a Student Aid Report (SAR). You must have a
Personal Identification Number (PIN) to print the online SAR. You may request
a PIN at the www.fafsa.ed.gov website;
it will be e-mailed to you in 24-48 hours. Your second option is to call 1-800-4FED-AID and
ask that another copy be sent to your home (this will take longer than the
online option, about ten days).
Step Two
If Jefferson Community College was listed on your Student Aid Report, continue
to step three. If not, you may add JCC to your SAR online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Go to the Make Corrections to a Processed FAFSA and add
Jefferson Community College (federal code: 002870). You will need your PIN
for this option. If you would like to add Jefferson by phone, please call 1-800-4FED-AID and
ask for JCC (002870) to be added to your application.
We will receive your financial aid information about 5 days after you add Jefferson over the phone or online.
Step Three
Change your TAP school code to Jefferson for the appropriate semester. Our
TAP school code is 2220. This will adjust and transfer your state financial
aid such as the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) to JCC. You may change this
code online at www.hesc.com.
Since you are limited to 8 TAP payments as an undergraduate (unless you are
in an Equal Opportunity Program), and six at Jefferson, we do not recommend
TAP for summer semesters.
Step Four
Complete the JCC Informational Summary Document and
return it to the financial aid office. If you are interested in a student loan,
please complete the back side of the Information Summary Document. If you are
a first-time JCC borrower, go to the forms section and print the "Student
Loan Instructions for First Time JCC Borrowers" form.
Step Five
Now is the easy part - you can check your award online at SOAR.
Once you have completed steps one through four above, we will send you a financial
aid award letter indicating your expenses and your eligibility for financial
aid.