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Office of Financial Aid and
Student Employment
Submit this form:
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Financial Aid Appeal Application
Student Name: Parent 1 Name:
Student Phone: Parent 2 Name:
Cornell ID: NetID: Parent E-mail:
Check one: Early Freshman Regular Freshman Parent Phone:
Transfer Current Student
Complete this application and return to our office with the additional documentation requested, if required. The Appeal Application will
not be reviewed until all documentation is received. Depending on the time of year your appeal is received, the Office of Financial Aid
and Student Employment reserves the right to postpone the review of special circumstances until the next academic year’s financial aid
review.
Significant loss in income due to
termination or change in employment
Please note:
*the earliest we
will consider an appeal
due to unemployment is generally 8
weeks from the date of termination
*changes may not be considered if
income loss for the year is not significant
*you must notify the Office of Financial
Aid and Student Employment if you
become re-employed before the end of
the year
Termination or change of employment:
Copy of the last/most recent pay stub for both parents in the
hou
sehol
d
Termination notice or letter of explanation from employer
S
everance statemen
t
C
opy of unemployment benefit eligibility from Dept. of Lab
or
In
come, Expense, and Bene
fit Worksheet (attached)
Last day of employment/termination date:
Date of change in employment:
Termination or reduction to untaxed benefits, including Social Security, child
support, disability:
Documentation of reduction
Explanation for change from granting authority
U
nexpected life event
*please note that in a divorce situation,
we
will continue to consider bot
h
c
ustodial and noncustodial
parent
s’
i
ncome and asset informati
on
Death of parent or other immediate family member:
Documentation of medical and/or funeral expenses
I
f decrease in income, complete the Income, Expense, and Benefi
t
Worksheet (attached)
D
ocumentation of expected Social Security benefits for all famil
y
me
mber
s
D
ocumentation of other distributions from inheritance, assets, o
r
ot
her benefit sources including life insuranc
e
C
orrection to income or asset
information reported
Detailed description of error and correction
Documentation of correct amount (for example, if mortgage value
a
nd debt was misreported, a copy of the mortgage statement a
nd
m
ost recent assessment of home should be sent
)
M
ore favorable award from another
institution
Copy of Financial Aid Notification from the institution.
NOTE: Cornell will only review
financial aid offers from any of the Ivy
League institutions, Stanford University, Duke University, and MIT.
NOTE: Early Decision Freshman cannot appeal for this reason.