Wayne State University: Student Financial Aid

Spring/Summer 2008 Information

At WSU, the spring/summer semester is the third term of the school year. A new school year begins each September and ends the following August. The spring/summer semester is a separate part of the school year to which the fall and winter semesters belong. Examples: The spring/summer semester 2008 is part of the 2007-2008 school year. The spring/summer semester 2009 is part of the 2008-2009 school year.

Application Forms
Forms required to request financial aid consideration for the spring/summer semester 2008:

2007-2008 FAFSA
Spring/Summer 2008 Loan Request Form
Spring/Summer 2008 Work-study Request Form

The Loan Request Form and the Work-study Request Form are available online on the first day of spring/summer Priority Registration. For the date, consult the Registration Calendar, which is on the Web site of the Office of the Registrar.

The priority date to submit the Loan Request Form and the Work-study Request Form is the last day of of spring/summer Priority Registration. For the date, consult the Registration Calendar. The priority date is the date by which your request form(s) and FAFSA(s) should be submitted to facilitate determination of your eligibility for financial aid by the beginning of the semester. The priority date is not a deadline. You may submit the request form(s) and FAFSA(s) after the priority date.

Please note: The 2007-2008 FAFSA and the 2008-2009 FAFSA are required to determine eligibility for full-time spring-summer work-study. The 2008-2009 FAFSA is available on the U.S. Department of Education Web site.

Award Notification
Spring/summer award offers are made by late April. Awards appear on WSU Pipeline. Award notifications are not mailed. The Office of Student Financial Aid will will send a message to your WSU e-mail account advising you to access your financial aid data on WSU Pipeline to accept/decline the award offer.

NOTICE: Funds from a fall and/or winter work-study award that are not used in the fall and/or winter semester(s) cannot be earned in the spring/summer semester.