Applying for Financial Aid

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Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid website beginning December 31 each year.

When to File

The FAFSA is made available to students each year on December 31. Evergreen’s filing priority deadline is April 1. While you may still apply after the priority deadline, this deadline ensures you will receive an award letter before May 1st for new students. After that date, awards are made on a first come, first serve basis.

You can list up to 10 schools on the FAFSA. Evergreen will not receive your FAFSA unless we are listed. We cannot consider your FAFSA on-time if you add us later. Evergreen’s school code is 008155.

For Tax Filers

When you fill out your FAFSA, you can transfer your information directly from the Internal Revenue Service by using the FAFSA Data Retrieval tool.

If you are not required to file taxes, you may indicate “not going to file” on your FAFSA. If you are selected for verification there is a box on the Verification Worksheet you can check that says you are not going to file.

Dependent or Independent

If you have answered no to all of the questions relating to dependency on the FAFSA, you will be considered dependent. If you have a special circumstance, please contact our office for more information.

More Tips

• FSA username and password: The FSA ID has replaced the Federal Student Aid PIN and must be used to log in to certain U.S. Department of Education websites. Your FSA ID confirms your identity when you access your financial aid information and electronically sign Federal Student Aid documents. Information, including how to set-up your new FSA ID and password, at FSA ID/Pin Replacement. 
• FAFSA is free: If a website asks you to pay to fill out your FAFSA, you are not dealing with the official Federal Department of Education FAFSA website.
• Needed information: The FAFSA asks for information about you, the student, as well as your parents if you are considered dependent. This information includes your social security number, legal name, date of birth, address, and information about your financial situation. If you filed taxes, you will need data from your taxes, W-2 information, records of untaxed income, asset information, etc. For more instructions about filing the FAFSA, visit the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid website.
• Use correct information to identify yourself: It’s important that you enter information such as name, date of birth and social security numbers correctly on the FAFSA. Incorrect information can cause the FAFSA to reject and delay the entire process.
• Double-check everything: Go back and check the figures and information you entered. Adding or leaving out a zero on income figures or other dollar amounts can cause your eligibility to be calculated incorrectly.
• Sign your FAFSA: If you don’t sign your FAFSA, the federal processor will reject your application. If you are a dependent student, you and your parent will both need to sign the FAFSA for it to be considered complete and official.

Review Your Student Aid Report

After your FAFSA is processed, you can access your Student Aid Report (SAR) by logging back into the Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid FAFSA website. The SAR contains important information about your financial aid eligibility, terms, conditions and whether or not you were selected for verification. If you were selected for federal verification, you will be asked to supply schools with more documentation.

Financial Award Timeline

Evergreen’s financial aid priority deadline is March 1st each year.

Your official FAFSA must be received and processed by the federal processor no later than March 1. Your FAFSA cannot be rejected by the Processor for any reason to be considered official, and must include Evergreen’s school code  is 008155. Only students meeting this deadline will be considered for priority financial aid packaging. Only admitted students are processed for financial aid, so apply for admission to the college early.

Once you are admitted to Evergreen, activate your Evergreen email address and monitor My Evergreen for messages and requirements from Financial Aid.

FAFSA applications will become available to Evergreen around mid-November. New students who filed their FAFSA on-time, admitted and have no outstanding eligibility issues should receive an award offer mid to late March. Award offers are made on a rolling basis according to when students filed their FAFSA and are admitted to the College.

Please read all correspondence from the college carefully and respond in a timely manner. A delay in providing us necessary documentation in order to determine eligibility could delay your financial aid offer and/or possibly move the student out of the eligible queue for priority or on-time packaging.

Please note that students who are provisionally admitted or admitted as a special undergraduate are not considered fully admitted and are not eligible for financial aid.

Get Started

WASFA stands for the Washington Application for State Financial Aid. This financial aid application is for students who are not eligible to file a FAFSA because of immigration status. This allows Evergreen to offer Washington state financial aid to students perusing a bachelor's degree who meet the DACA standard or the HB-1079 standard.

When to File

The WASFA is made available to students each year on October 1 at the website Ready. Set. Grad. Evergreen's filing priority deadline is April 1 each year. If you miss the priority deadline, please apply because financial aid is awarded on a first come, first serve basis until it runs out for the year.

You can list up to 10 schools on the WASFA. Evergreen will not receive your WASFA unless we are listed. We cannot consider your WASFA on-time if you add us later. Evergreen's school code is 008155.

If you have questions or need help filling out your financial aid application, please contact finaid@evergreen.edu or call (360) 867-5204.

Information Needed

The WASFA asks for information about you, the student, as well as your parents if you are considered dependent on the application. This information includes your legal name, date of birth, address and information about your financial situation. If you filed taxes, you will need your taxes available, W-2 information, records of untaxed income, asset information, etc. This information will be from 2 years back, for example, if you are applying for the 2024-25 year the application will be asking for 2022 income information.

Double Check Everything

Go back and check all figures and information you entered. Adding or leaving out a zero on income figures or other dollar amounts can cause your eligibility to be calculated incorrectly. Be sure to check your email regularly as we will send most correspondence to you via email.

Apply for Admissions

Your financial aid application will not be considered unless you are admitted to Evergreen. You can apply on-line at Undergraduate Admissions.

Financial Aid Award Timeline

As long as your WASFA is complete and you are admitted to Evergreen by the priority deadline of November 1, your award will be mailed to you mid-March.

2023-2024 Terms and Conditions-PDF

FAFSA Verification

Please do not submit these forms unless requested. If requested, please submit them to the Evergreen Financial Aid Office to determine your eligibility.

For Independent Students

• Verification Worksheet (PDF)
• Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose (PDF)

For Dependent Students

• Verification Worksheet (PDF)
• Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose (PDF)

IRS Tax Return Transcripts

If you have already submitted 2022 income information for your 2023-24 file, contact our office.
You may obtain a 2022 Tax Return Transcript from the IRS by going to:www.irs.gov and click on "Get a tax transcript."

Other Verification Forms

We will contact you by email and on my.evergreen.edu if you are required to complete one or more of these forms. Please return your completed form to the Financial Aid Office.

• Verification of Assets- Dependent (PDF)
• Verification of Assets- Independent (PDF)
• Verification of Family Members-Dependent (PDF)
• Verification of Family Members-Independent (PDF)
• Income & Resources Statement-Dependent (PDF)
• Income & Resources-Independent-Independent (PDF)
• Proof of Independent Status (PDF)
• Proof of Dependents Form (PDF)

Change in Circumstances

• Change of Information Form (PDF)
• Parent Income Adjustment Form - for Dependent Students (PDF) For 2023 income
• Student Income Adjustment Form - for Independent Students (PDF) For 2023 income

Loan Forms

Complete the appropriate form to request adjustments to your Direct Loan or for more information about loans, including how to apply, visit our Loans Page.

• Direct Loan Request Form (PDF)
• Direct PLUS Loan Request Form for Parents (PDF)
• Direct PLUS Loan Request Form for Graduate Students (PDF)
• Credit Verification (PDF) to be used for grade level change
• Short-Term Loan Application (PDF)

Satisfactory Academic Progress

These forms are to be used if you have not met Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) or if you are planning to withdrawal from classes.

SAP Petition Cover Sheet (PDF): for students who are not achieving Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and need to petition to get their financial aid back.

Credit Verification (PDF) If your SAP Petition is approved you may need to submit credit verification during week 10.

Change of Information Form (PDF) If you are withdrawing or changing your credit load submit this form. Students who submit this form should also submit the Last Day of Attendance Memo.

Last Day of Attendance Memo (PDF) If you are withdrawing in the middle of a quarter, submit this form to let us know when you last attended. We'll use this information to see how much of your financial aid you may need to return.

Dependency Status

Proof of Independent Status (PDF)
You have indicated on your FAFSA that specific circumstances applies to you that cause you to be considered an independent student. Please check the appropriate category and attach the required documentation listed on the form.

Request for Independent Status Petition (PDF)
If you do not meet the federal definition of being independent as described in the FAFSA, you may request that the Financial Aid Office override your status on the basis of documented extenuating circumstances. Complete and submit the form along with the requested information. Your petition will be reviewed by the Professional Judgment Committee in your Financial Aid Office.

Unsubsidized Loan Only Petition (PDF)
This form is only for students that have no parental FAFSA information and are therefore ineligible for any financial aid except Unsubsidized Loan.

FAFSA Verification

Please do not submit these forms unless requested. If requested, please submit them to the Evergreen Financial Aid Office to determine your eligibility.

For Independent Students

• Verification Worksheet (PDF)
• Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose (PDF)

For Dependent Students

• Verification Worksheet (PDF)
• Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose (PDF)

IRS Tax Return Transcripts

If you have already submitted 2023 income information for your 2025-26 file, contact our office.
You may obtain a 2023 Tax Return Transcript from the IRS by going to:www.irs.gov and click on "Get a tax transcript."

Other Verification Forms

We will contact you by email and on my.evergreen.edu if you are required to complete one or more of these forms. Please return your completed form to the Financial Aid Office.

• Verification of Assets- Dependent (PDF)
• Verification of Assets- Independent (PDF)
• Verification of Family Members-Dependent (PDF)
• Verification of Family Members-Independent (PDF)
• Income & Resources Statement-Dependent (PDF)
• Income & Resources-Independent-Independent (PDF)
• Proof of Independent Status (PDF)
• Proof of Dependents Form (PDF)

Change in Circumstances

• Change of Information Form (PDF)
• Parent Income Adjustment Form - for dependent students (PDF) For 2023 income
• Student Income Adjustment Form - for independent students (PDF) For 2023 income

Loan Forms

Complete the appropriate form to request adjustments to your Direct Loan or for more information about loans, including how to apply, visit our Loans Page.

• Direct Loan Request Form (PDF)
• Credit Verification (PDF) to be used for grade level change
• Short-Term Loan Application (PDF)

Satisfactory Academic Progress

These forms are to be used if you have not met Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) or if you are planning to withdrawal from classes.

SAP Petition Cover Sheet (PDF): for students who are not achieving Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) and need to petition to get their financial aid back.

Credit Verification (PDF) If your SAP Petition is approved you may need to submit credit verification during week 10.

Change of Information Form (PDF) If you are withdrawing or changing your credit load submit this form. Students who submit this form should also submit the Last Day of Attendance Memo.

Last Day of Attendance Memo (PDF) If you are withdrawing in the middle of a quarter, submit this form to let us know when you last attended. We'll use this information to see how much of your financial aid you may need to return.

Dependency Status

Proof of Independent Status (PDF)
You have indicated on your FAFSA that specific circumstances applies to you that cause you to be considered an independent student. Please check the appropriate category and attach the required documentation listed on the form.

Request for Independent Status Petition (PDF)
If you do not meet the federal definition of being independent as described in the FAFSA, you may request that the Financial Aid Office override your status on the basis of documented extenuating circumstances. Complete and submit the form along with the requested information. Your petition will be reviewed by the Professional Judgment Committee in your Financial Aid Office.

Unsubsidized Loan Only Petition (PDF)
This form is only for students that have no parental FAFSA information and are therefore ineligible for any financial aid except Unsubsidized Loan.

Please visit our How to Accept Financial Aid page for all the next steps in the process.