Covid-19 Financial Aid
I am an admitted student for Fall 2020. We received our financial aid offer (the College Financing Plan or CFP), but we have questions about what is listed.
If you have a quick question, feel free to give us a call at 610-330-5055. If you leave a voicemail, please let us know whom to call back and your student’s name and ID.
If your question is more involved and needs more in-depth conversation, please reach out to us at financialaid@lafayette.edu. We will respond to you to schedule a time to talk via phone, or virtually on Zoom or Google Meet/Hangouts.
In your email, please provide the following information so that we can get back with you:
- Student’s full name
- Student’s Lafayette or Reference ID (provided by the Office of Admission)
- Best way to reach you (phone number and email), including dates and times
- A summary of your question or concern
I am an admitted student for Fall 2020, and I have a question about merit scholarships. With whom should we communicate?
Your admission counselor is probably the best person to address your merit scholarship questions. If you do not know who your admission counselor is, please check the Admissions website. You may also email them at admissions@lafayette.edu or call them at 610-330-5100
Is there guidance for the financial effects on our family due to the current economic and COVID-19 pressures we are experiencing?
All schools are trying to determine how to address families’ concerns. We do not know how long the economic effects will last, and we have to be careful about making significant alterations to the FAFSA and CSS Profile data.
In the meantime, we know many are nervous and just want to talk through this. Feel free to reach out to us at financialaid@lafayette.edu. Even if we have no immediate answers, we will continue to be available to talk via phone, or face-to-face via Zoom or Google Meet/Hangouts. When emailing, please include:
- Student’s full name
- Student’s Lafayette or Reference ID (provided by the Office of Admission)
- Best way to reach you (phone number and email), including dates and times
- A summary of your question or concern
Since the financial aid staff are working remotely, how should we connect with one of the directors?
Though our financial aid professionals are all working from home, we have implemented ways to work as if we were in the office. All emails and phone calls are being handled as if we were physically in the office, and one of us is retrieving mail and faxes from the College and forwarding those documents to the correct people for review.
Even with these practices in place, some of us have children at home who need our help with school assignments and have older family members with whom we need to connect. So, please be patient as we balance all of these converging responsibilities.
I am a currently enrolled (returning) student. When can I expect to receive my 2020-21 financial aid offer?
We anticipate releasing returning students’ financial aid offers by the end of June.