Financial Aid Workshops

The Financial Aid Office, in conjunction with the Educational Opportunity Center, hosts a series of workshops to help students who are planning to attend BCC complete the FAFSA – Free Application for Federal Student aid. At these workshops, you will receive guidance on gathering the information needed and with completing the FAFSA online.

All sessions begin at 5:30 p.m. Please arrive for the start of the session.
Location: Fall River Campus, G Building, Room G218

Choose one session:
Monday, July 12
Thursday, July 22
Thursday, July 29
Monday, August 9
Thursday, August 19
Monday, August 30

Whose information do you bring?

Your (the student) information

If you are a dependent student*, your parent information also

If married, your spouse information also

Who is considered a dependent student?*

Dependent students are those individuals:

Born January 1, 1987 or later
However, parent information is not needed if:

You are married

You are a veteran or serving in the armed services

Both your parents are deceased

You have a child and you provide more than 50% of their support

You are an orphan or have been a ward of the court at any time since you turned age 13

You have dependents other than a child and provide more than 50% of their support

You are an emancipated minor as determined by the court

You were born before the January 1 date mentioned above

What information do you bring?

2009 W-2 Forms (student, parent, spouse)

Signed and filed 2009 federal tax return –Form 1040 (student, parent, spouse)

Verification of any other income received in 2009 – Unemployment, SSI, SSDI, TANF, etc. (student, parent, spouse)

Current savings and checking account amounts (student, parent, spouse)

Asset information (student, parent, spouse)

Federal PIN; this is the four digit number issued by the U. S. Department of Education. If you need one, please go to www.pin.ed.gov If you are a dependent applicant, your parent will also need their own PIN.