Announcements & News:
Early Action Financial Aid Processing: We will begin sending out (estimated) aid decisions Tuesday, December 20, 2011, to students admitted through the Early Action review. Early Action applicants who submitted their CSS Financial Aid PROFILE (and, if applicable, their Noncustodial PROFILE) can expect to receive a financial aid letter via email. Please ensure that our email address -- finaid@caltech.edu -- passes your email client junk-mail filter. We will continue to review applications for Early Action admits as they become complete through January 20, 2012. After that, we will start Regular Decision processing and resume sending out financial aid decisions in March after the Admissions Office notifies students of Regular Decision admission.
Revised Undergraduate Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy for Financial Aid Eligibility: Effective fall 2011, the Institute was required to modify its Satisfactory Academic Progress policy in accordance with new federal regulations to ensure that each student who is receiving financial aid maintains satisfactory academic progress toward his or her degree. Please review the revised policy on the Satisfactory Academic Progress page of this website.
Net Price Calculator: The Institute is pleased to introduce the Caltech Net Price Calculator. Prospective applicants and/or their parents are invited to utilize this tool to estimate their financial aid eligibility and their out-of-pocket cost to complete an undergraduate degree program at Caltech. Our net price calculator will show many of you that a Caltech education may be more affordable than you might have previously thought.
Financial Aid Recipients and Health Insurance: Students are no longer required to purchase the Institute's health insurance provided they have coverage through a comparable plan. However, once you enroll in the Caltech Student Health Insurance Plan, you are eligible to have that additional cost added to your Student Expense Budget, if you are currently receiving need-based financial aid. To be considered for additional loan and/or scholarship assistance to cover the cost, you must submit a written request for review using this form. Please do not hesitate to contact the Financial Aid Office if you (or your parents) should have any questions about this process.
Attention New/Returning Students: To apply for a loan for 2011-2012 please click here.
Attention Graduate Students: The Financial Aid Office awards Federal and Institute student loans to eligible domestic graduate students. International graduate students who have completed their first year of study at Caltech may also be eligible to receive Institute-sponsored loans. For more information please call our office 626-395-6280.
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