Evening & Weekend MBA Finances
Evening & Weekend MBA Grant
General Information
FAFSA
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form is a national standardized form created by the US federal government. It must be completed and filed online at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov. Please include UC Berkeley's federal school code of 001312, so that your processed data can be electronically released to us. The 2008-09 FAFSA must be completed online no later than April 10th to ensure its receipt at the Haas School.
International applicants, while not eligible for federal financial aid, are eligible to apply for the EW Grant Program. For grant consideration, you must file the FAFSA and indicate option C on the citizenship question: "I am not a citizen or eligible noncitizen." Your FAFSA will still be processed and the financial information sent to Berkeley. You will receive a letter from the federal processing center indicating you are not eligible for aid; please ignore it. This form is required for grant consideration regardless of eligibility for federal educational loans.
Grant Application Form
Complete and submit the form online. Once you submit the application you will not be able to return to the form to edit your responses; therefore, you might want to print this form first, gather all your information, write your essay response off-line, and then return to complete the grant application form in one sitting.
Essay
Respond to the essay question, "Explain how your financial situation qualifies you for this grant" in the field provided on the online grant application form (consider writing your response off-line and then pasting it into the online application form). Please limit the length of your response to 500 words.
Employer Assistance Verification Form
Complete and sign the student section of the EW Grant Employer Assistance Verification Form. Then give the form to your benefits administrator and ask that she/he enclose the completed form in an envelope, seal the envelope, and sign across the seal. The envelope should be given back to you for inclusion with your federal tax return to mail to us.
Your 2007 Federal Income Tax Return
You must submit a signed photocopy of all pages, schedules, and W-2 forms from your 2007 federal tax return. If a joint tax return was filed, also submit your spouse's W-2's. Please note that even if you have been granted an extension by the IRS, your completed 1040 must be postmarked to Haas by April 15, 2008 for EW Grant consideration.
Continuing Students
Continuing students must complete the EW Grant application process each year. All instructions and deadlines are the same for entering and continuing EW students. Grant funding is not guaranteed from year to year. NOTE: This is a new policy as of January 1, 2004.
Nondiscrimination Statement
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