Continuing Undergraduates

After final grading is complete for the spring term, Financial Aid will begin sending Fall/Spring award email notices to continuing undergraduate students who have completed all the steps required in the financial aid application process.

Step-by-Step Process

Details and helpful links for each step are provided below.

1.) Register / Pre-register

Continuing undergraduate students need to register / pre-register for a minimum of six credits in a degree program before financial aid will review their financial aid information for award processing.

2.) Complete the FAFSA

• Complete the Free Application For Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), by April 15^Th..
• FAFSA Website URL: www.fafsa.ed.gov.
• The UAlbany Federal School Code to be entered on the FAFSA is 002835.
• Estimated income figures can be used initially and replaced with actual income figures after federal tax returns are completed.
• Complete the signature section of the FAFSA application with the Federal PIN Number. Federal PIN numbers for parents and students can be obtained at www.pin.ed.gov.

3.) File the TAP Application

• New York State residents who file their FAFSA on-line may use the link at the end of the FAFSA application to also apply for New York State Tuition Assistance (TAP).
• Students can also file their TAP application through NYSHESC.
• TAP Website URL: NYSHESC TAP Express TAP application.
• The undergraduate TAP school code for UAlbany is 0895.

4.) Monitor MyUAlbany Important Items

As a result of UAlbany receiving and processing the FAFSA, items may appear on the MyUAlbany Important Items List.  Important Items are required to be completed before financial aid processing can continue.

The Financial Aid Office will send notifications via student email until the item is complete.  The email notice directs students to review and respond to the Important Items List on MyUAlbany.

Important Items can be documentation requests, problems with your FAFSA that need to be fixed, processes that need to be completed by the student or processes that need to be completed by the parent.

Important Items can appear at any point during the aid processing cycle.  Items most commonly appear on the Important Items List after the FAFSA is filed and after students accept their Financial Aid Award. 

When an item is listed on the Important Item list, the item can be clicked on for more detailed information.

Completed items will be removed from your Important Item list within 2-5 days after you actively respond with the required action or documentation.   Unresolved Important Items will prevent the following:

processing of a financial aid award

financial aid awards applying to your account as "anticipated aid"

refund processing

5.) Accept Award Through MyUAlbany

For information on how to accept awards, please visit the Accepting Awards page of the Financial Aid website.