Financial Aid Appeals
Sometimes after you receive your financial aid offer, you and/or your family may experience or have experienced an unexpected change to your financial situation. In these circumstances, you may appeal for a re-evaluation of your financial aid. All special circumstances requests must be approved by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee, and appeals are processed only when an final aid offer is issued (not an estimate) and all additional documents are received.
If you choose to apply for an appeal, be sure to have any necessary available documentation of your change in circumstance. Please send an email to finaid@du.edu with any questions.
Special Circumstances
Examples that constitute a Special Circumstance:
- Loss or reduction of employment, wages or unemployment compensation
- Additional costs incurred as a result of a student's disability
- Excessive medical or dental expenses not covered by insurance which exceed 7.5 percent of the family's or student's adjusted gross income
- Bankruptcy or foreclosure
- Divorce or separation of parents (this may result in the need for a Noncustodial Parent CSS Profile)
- Request for forgiveness (whole or partial) of a one-time lump sum payment in the case that the money was used to offset the above-mentioned circumstances
- Loss of child support
Examples that do not constitute a Special Circumstance:
- Reduction in 401K values
- Reduction in investment values
- High debt-to-income ratios
- Parent's refusal to contribute to the student's education
- Parent's inability or unwillingness to borrow Parent PLUS loans
- Lack of credit-worthy co-signers
- Secondary tuition payments
Contact
Financial Aid
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303-871-2341
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2197 S. University Blvd.
Denver, Colorado 80210 -
M, T, W, F: 8am-4:00pm
Th: 12:00pm-4:00pm
FAFSA Code: 001371
CSS Profile Code: 4842