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Reporting Changes and Requesting Additional Aid

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If your financial circumstances have changed since your initial aid application was made, or if you believe that the aid package prepared for you will not be sufficient to meet your anticipated expenses, you should discuss your concerns with your Student Financial Services Counselor. Georgetown's counselors will work with you to examine all available options. Georgetown may be able to revise your financial aid offer, but only if you can document changes in your initial application data which would cause you to demonstrate more financial need than was originally anticipated.

Changes May Affect Eligibility

Your eligibility for federal and University financial aid is based on reported income during the calendar year prior to the academic year for which you applied for aid. Prior calendar year income is requested because the federal government believes it is a good predictor of current year income, and it is verifiable. If your financial circumstances have changed dramatically (so that reported prior year income is not a good predictor of anticipated current year income) you may be eligible for more assistance based on the change in your application data.

Report Changes

Typical examples of changes in financial circumstances that you should report to the Office of Student Financial Services include:

• significant reductions in income or assets since your original aid application was completed;
• significant differences between the estimates reported on your original aid applications and actual or expected figures.
• significant unreimbursed medical expenses;
• uninsured losses;
• the death of a spouse;
• loss of employment.

Changes Must be Documented

A request for an additional review of your aid application must be made in writing to the Office of Student Financial Services. Your written request should include as many details about your changed circumstances as possible. Your written request for additional aid should report the dollar value(s) of the actual or anticipated changes in your net income and assets, and should include relevant documentation of those changes where possible.