Financial Aid
FAQs
Answers to many of the most common inquiries regarding applying for aid can be found here.
FAQs
Answers to many of the most common inquiries regarding applying for aid can be found here.
General Queries
- Your Banner ID Number (e.g. B00123456) is located in the upper right-hand corner of the Financial Aid pages in Self-Service Banner.
- The status of your financial aid application can also be viewed online there.
- If you do not remember or have lost your username or password, please contact the Brown University CAP Office to resolve your access issues by calling 401-863-4357 or by sending them an email.
The Warren Alpert Medical School uses student and parent income and asset data to assess an individual's resources and determine financial need. Students can provide this information on the FAFSA and the CSS Profile. A simple formula, described below, is used to determine financial need.
Need = Cost of Attendance (COA) - Student Aid Index (SAI)*
*Note that SAI used to be formerly referred to as Expected Family Contribution and/or Student Contribution. What SAI essentially refers to is a student and their family's ability to financially contribute to their education.
If you choose to take a leave of absence, please contact your academic advisor and follow up with the Office of Financial Aid.
The medical school also offers students an opportunity to work on medical degree related projects away from their medical studies in the Academic Scholars Program. In order to receive approval for this program, you must plan to undertake work that contributes to progress toward the medical degree.
Students considering taking a leave or participating in the Academic Scholars Program must complete a time-away form as their request for time away must be approved by their academic advisor and the Records and Registration Department at the medical school.
Student Loan processing is managed by the Bursar’s Office, and disbursement dates vary according to class year. Please see the disbursement schedule to find out when loans will be disbursed for your class year.
Students can receive their refunds electronically. By requesting a refund via our new online Refund Request Form and setting up the request to receive the refund in a US checking or savings account, students will receive refunds in a quick, convenient manner. Students should receive the refund in their account 3-5 days from the date the request form is submitted.
Please visit the Bursar’s Office Staff Page to see who your bursar representative is, as well as how to contact them.
Applying for Aid
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We must receive all Financial Aid application materials by March 1.
Please Note: We suggest that you complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 2 weeks prior to due date; this will ensure we receive your information on time.
Common application mistakes include:
- Submitted PDF's with securities. Please ensure there are no securities on PDF files you submit.
- Forgetting to use The Warren Alpert Medical School's federal code.
- Forgetting to have parents sign tax forms.
- Submitting required application documents late.
- Submitting the FAFSA form for the wrong academic year.
If you wish to apply for federal financial aid only, you must submit the FAFSA.
If you wish to be considered for institutional and federal financial aid, you must submit:
- The Warren Alpert Medical School Financial Aid Application
- the FAFSA
- the CSS Profile
- your parents' signed federal tax returns and W2 forms (including all schedules)
- and student federal tax return & W-2 form(s)
Please refer to the Financial Aid Guide for a detailed description of the requirements.
Please complete and transmit the FAFSA electronically via the FAFSA web site.
*Please Note: Due to changes in federal procedures regarding the application process for Financial Aid, please be sure to e-file your tax return at least two weeks prior to filing your FAFSA. This will help to ensure that your tax information is processed by the IRS in time to be retrieved electronically into your FAFSA, and will decrease the likelihood that you will have to resubmit the FAFSA again with updated income information. Please select the Data Retrieval tool to retrieve IRS information into your FAFSA form.
Additionally, the federal government considers students at the graduate level and beyond to be independent from their parents with respect to financial aid. Therefore, students applying for federal loans only with The Warren Alpert Medical School do not need to include their parent financial information in the FAFSA. (Those applying for institutional aid must include parent information on the FAFSA.)
For each year that a student would like to be considered for financial aid, the student must complete the required forms. The financial aid application includes periods of enrollment from July 1 to June 30. If you are applying for external funding (federal loans) only, you are not required to submit an application to The Warren Alpert Medical School, but still need to complete the FAFSA each year.
If the March 1 deadline is met, you will receive aid notifications by the last week in April.
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