Duke FinAid: March Highlights

This monthly newsletter provides relevant information, helpful tips, and upcoming deadlines to help you make the most of the financial aid available to you.  For each headline, you can click the available link to be redirected to the relevant page on our website, or you can scroll down for additional info. 

•   Global Ed / Study Abroad

•   Feedback Needed!

•   Course Fees

•   Upcoming deadlines/reminders

 

Global Ed / Study Abroad

There's no additional financial aid application when applying to study abroad.  Once you enroll in a Global Education Office (GEO) program, we'll adjust your financial aid award automatically.

The financial aid budget for every Duke-in or Duke-approved program includes all your related expenses:

• Roundtrip airfare
• Required visas & vaccinations
• Books & supplies
• Personal & miscellaneous expenses

If you receive financial aid, your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) does not change when you participate in a GEO Duke-in or Duke-approved program.  So no matter the cost of your program, the cost to your family remains the same!  Find out more.

Feedback Needed! 

Would you like to be a part of implementing change in the Financial Aid Office here at Duke? Do you want to see some policies continued, amended, or entirely axed? Are you interested in telling others your story? Well, now’s your chance!  

There are two opportunities to be involved:

Opportunity 1:  Speak Up!

A student representative from the Financial Aid office is holding three focus groups over the course of three weeks in March to find candid, unfiltered, student-generated feedback in hopes of augmenting legitimate, productive change. 

Dates and times are as follows: 

• March 20th @6:30 PM- West Duke 108A

• March 27th @6:30 PM- Language 208 

Please let us know if you are interested and your availability by emailing Justin Clapp at justin.clapp@duke.edu.

Opportunity 2:  Help Out!

Three students working with the Academic Resource Center and Financial Aid are looking for people to share their stories on how they have navigated Duke. Can you help by sharing any of the following?

• Do you have tips for saving money on campus? 

• Have you taken advantage of opportunities like Study Abroad or Duke Engage and want to tell others how you made it happen with Duke’s assistance?

• Is there information you wish you’d known regarding financial aid that may be helpful for others? 

If you can help, please contact Justin Clapp at justin.clapp@duke.edu. We appreciate your assistance!

Course Fees 

Some courses carry fees over and above the cost of tuition.  Music lessons, Phys Ed courses, and courses with class trips commonly have additional fees associated with them.  These course fees are charged to your student account at the time of registration.  If you receive a financial aid scholarship from Duke, your scholarship funding will automatically be increased to cover additional course fees after the drop/add period each semester. 

Upcoming deadlines/reminders   

Summer Financial Aid
The Financial Aid Office begins processing preliminary summer financial aid awards in March.  These awards will be finalized at the end of the drop/add period each summer term, and you will receive notification of any changes made to your award.  Click here for more information about the determination of summer financial aid awards.

Renewal financial aid applications
Renewal financial aid applications are due May 1, 2012.  You've got plenty of time, but you may want to remind your parents or guardians and be sure to keep your financial documents (taxes, W2 Form, Form 1098, etc.) organized!


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