Fax your letter and documentation to the Financial Aid Office. For Instructions, visit www.usc.edu/contactfao
If we need more information, we will notify you. We will also notify you upon approval or denial of your appeal.
If we need more information, we will notify you. We will also notify you upon approval or denial of your appeal.
Re-evaluation of your financial aid eligibility is subjet to federal, state and university regulations, and is based on:
- Availability of funds;
- Timeliness of your original application for financial aid; and
- Timeliness of appeal and the nature of the change in circumstances.
CHANGES TO FEDERAL WORK-STUDY
- Requesting to DECREASE Federal Work-Study
In some cases, it may be possible to convert unused Federal Work-Study eligibility to Federal PLUS or private loan eligibility.
If you are requesting to decrease your work-study award, submit a written request. Explain why you are unable to use the full amount of your Federal Work-Study eligibility and state the amount you want to convert to loans.
- Requesting to INCREASE Federal Work-Study
If you are requesting an increase to your Federal Work-Study submit a written request. Attach a memo from your employer supporting your request and include the additional amount you are requesting, your hourly rate, and the number of hours you work per week.
REDUCING OR INCREASING YOUR LOANS
Submit a written request:
- If your package does not include the maximum annual Federal Stafford loan amount and you wish to have your loan increased.
- If a loan was certified for more than you wish to borrow.
CLASS LEVEL OR ENROLLMENT CHANGE
Submit a written request:
- If you enroll in a different number of units than originally planned.
- If you advance a class level between the fall and spring semester.
- If you need to change the semester(s) for which you are packaged.