Gustavus Adolphus College

1. Supplement.  Start your application for admission by submitting the Gustavus Common Application Supplement.
   
   
2. Common Application.  Finish your application for admission by completing the Common Application (online or by printing a paper form).
   
   
3. Fee.  There is no application fee whether applying to Gustavus online or on paper.
   
   
4. Status.  All applicants can check what pieces of the application have been received and their admission status.
   
   
5. Notification. 
   
   

   Application complete by	Admission decision by
   November 1	November 20
   December 1	December 20
   January 1 or after	Rolling notification beginning January 20

   
   
6. Deposit.  Regardless of when you were admitted, you can confirm your intention to enroll at Gustavus by sending a $300 non-refundable deposit postmarked by May 1.

FINANCIAL AID PROCESS

1. Before Admission.  You can begin the financial aid process after applying for admission and before receiving an offer of admission.
   
   
2. Scholarship Applications.  To be considered for the President’s, fine arts, or forensics scholarships, submit the individual scholarship applications by January 1.
   
   
3. CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE or Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  All scholarship and financial aid applicants need to complete the PROFILE and/or the FAFSA.  Learn more about the PROFILE or go to the FAFSA website.
   
   
4. Timeline.
   
    

   Admitted to Gustavus and submitted the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE or FAFSA by	Financial aid award by*
   December 1	December 20
   January 1	January 20
   February 1 or after	Rolling notification beginning February 20

   
   
5. *Scholarship Day.  Finalists (notified by January 20) for the President’s, fine arts, or forensics scholarships will receive their entire financial aid award shortly after participating in Scholarship Day.
   
   
6. Verification.  If you receive a financial aid award from Gustavus, you may need to provide additional documents.  Our financial aid office will notify you.

MERIT-BASED AID (SCHOLARSHIPS)

After admission to Gustavus, qualified students will be automatically considered for annually renewable merit-based aid (scholarships), like our Dean's Scholarship.  Some scholarships require separate applications before consideration, such as our top academic scholarship (the President's Scholarship) and our fine arts scholarships.  The application deadline for these scholarships is January 1, 2009.

NEED-BASED AID

Eligibility for need-based financial aid is determined by the one-time submission of the CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE or FAFSA and the subsequent annual submission of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The PROFILE and FAFSA use a formula to determine your family's expected contribution toward your education costs in the coming year.  Family income and assets are primary considerations. Other factors are also assessed, including certain personal data like size of family, number of family members in college and age of parents.

Any new student admitted for enrollment in the fall of 2009 who submits the CSS PROFILE or FAFSA-- regardless of their family's need-- will receive a minimum of $5,000 in gift assistance (such as the Gustavus Access Grant, various scholarships, or other free aid).

To receive an initial estimate of your family's financial aid eligibility, download, print, and complete Gustavus' financial aid estimate form.

After receiving an actual financial aid award, some families will be asked to verify their financial information by submitting tax forms and other related forms.

Financial aid awards are renewable by completing the FAFSA each subsequent year.