Students Transferring to SRU 

A student's financial need and eligibility for federal financial aid is determined by the results of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).  All financial aid applicants must complete the FAFSA for each year of attendance at SRU. Students only complete one FAFSA application per academic year. If you already completed a FAFSA but did not list SRU as a recipient of the FAFSA results, you must do the following:

• If you have a copy of your Student Aid Report (SAR), call the SRU Financial Aid Office (724-738-2044) and provide them with your Data Release Number (DRN).  The DRN is listed on the top, right corner of the Student Aid Report.  With this information, the aid office can electronically request your FAFSA results, OR
• If you do not have your Student Aid Report, you may call 1-800-4FEDAID and request that the U.S. Department of Education send you a duplicate SAR so you can provide us your DRN, OR,
• If you have a PIN from the U.S. Department of Education, you can list SRU as one of your schools by going to www.fafsa.ed.gov and clicking on "Make Corrections to a Processed FAFSA".  Simply list SRU and our school code (003327) on the FAFSA and submit those corrections electronically.

 

Federal Stafford Loans can not be transferred from one school to another.

Students are required to have completed a Master Promissory Note (MPN) in order to receive assistance from the Stafford Loan program. Contact the SRU Financial Aid Office (724-738-2044) to determine if you have a valid MPN on file.  If your previous school processed a loan for a term that you will not attend at that school, you must either have the lender cancel that disbursement of the loan or have the previous school return the loan funds for that term. Deferment of Payment on Stafford or Perkins Loans: You may be eligible to continue deferment of payment on any previous Federal Stafford Loans or Federal Perkins loans. Students should contact their lender or loan servicer regarding eligibility for deferments.  Please contact Academic Records (724-738-2010) if you have deferment forms or enrollment verification forms which must be completed by an SRU representative.

 

Pennsylvania State Grant applicants must authorize SRU as the recipient of all state grant information

Contact the AES/PHEAA (American Educational Services/Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency at 1-800-692-7392 to confirm that SRU has been listed as the recipient of your state grant information.  Students may also write directly to PHEAA Grant Division, 1200 N. Seventh Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102 to request that SRU receive state grant information.  Academic Progress: Transfer students and currently enrolled students are required to meet academic progress requirements to be eligible for state and federal financial aid. A transfer student’s eligibility for the PHEAA Grant may be based on credits completed at a previous school(s). You may contact PHEAA for further eligibility criteria. SRU publishes an Academic Progress for Financial Aid Recipients information sheet for federal financial aid. Students can access the information sheet by clicking above. Transfer Scholarships at SRU:  Scholarships for students transferring to SRU can be accessed by clicking here.

 

Information for Students Transferring From SRU

All students transferring from SRU should contact their new school for financial aid application requirements and deadlines. However, the following steps are generally required in order to receive financial aid consideration at another school: Add the new school to your Student Aid Report or submit your Student Aid Report data directly to the financial aid office of the school you will attend. Notify your state grant agency of your enrollment change. Pennsylvania State Grant applicants should contact PHEAA with enrollment information. Cancel any Stafford loans or disbursements of Stafford Loans scheduled for terms for which you will not be enrolled at SRU. Provide deferment information to your lender or servicer of your Perkins Loan or Stafford Loan after registration at your new school. Request that the new school  complete and submit deferment forms and/or verify your enrollment.