Applying for Aid

Accepted applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) using Hofstra's School Code 002732 immediately upon acceptance.  Types of aid available include Direct Unsubsidized and Graduate PLUS loans. If your financial aid application is complete, a financial aid award notification will be sent to your Hofstra pride email address mid-March to assist with your decision.  Access to your pride account will be granted after the enrollment deposit is received.

Applicants accepted during or after the month of April will be packaged as soon as possible, however, a completed finanical aid application must be received to prepare an offer.

Waitlisted applicants may complete a FAFSA and gather supplemental documents, if necessary, to help expedite the financial aid application process should they be accepted to the MD program.  Please note that FAFSAs are not received and supplemental documents should not be submitted until after an official acceptance has been offered.

In order to complete the FAFSA, a student must:

• Have a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID and password to log in
  • If you have never completed the FAFSA before, you must create a FSA ID and password on the Federal Student Aid website.
  • If you forgot your ID or password you can reset either on the Federal Student Aid website
• Have a valid Social Security Number (SSN) or Alien Registration Number (if you are a noncitizen)
• Gather bank statements and records of investments (if applicable)
• Gather records of untaxed income (if applicable)

Accepted applicants must submit a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to be considered for institutional aid (scholarship/North Shore-LIJ Health loan) using Hofstra's School Code 002732 immediately upon acceptance.  If your financial aid application is complete, a financial aid award notification will be sent to your Hofstra pride email address mid-March to assist with your decision.  Access to your pride account will be granted after the enrollment deposit is received.  Institutional aid is not guaranteed, and dependent upon eligibility and availability of funds at the time your application is complete.

Applicants accepted during or after the month of April will be packaged as soon as possible, however, a completed finanical aid application must be received to prepare an offer.

Waitlisted applicants may complete a FAFSA and gather supplemental documents, if necessary, to help expedite the financial aid application process should they be accepted to the MD program.  Please note that FAFSAs are not received and supplemental documents should not be submitted until after an official acceptance has been offered.

In order to complete the FAFSA, a student must:

• Provide parent(s) information - required to be considered for institutional aid
  • If your parents are divorced/separated, unmarried and living together, or never married, include one parent's information on the FAFSA AND submit the Non-Custodial Parent Application to include your other parent's information. Refer to the Financial Aid Welcome email sent by our office upon deposit for the link to the Non-Custodial Parent Application
  • If you are age 26 and above as of August 1^st of the current FAFSA year, a sliding scale will be used to determine parents' estimated contribution with respect to the institutional application
  • If you are age 30 and above as of August 1^st of the current FAFSA year, parent information is not required if the student's income or student/spouse's combined income is above the FAFSA year poverty level for household size
  • If you are married, parent information is required if the student/spouse's combined income is below the FAFSA year poverty level for household size
    • Age phaseout policy also applies
  • Active-duty military or honorably discharged veterans are excluded from providing parent information, regardless of age
• Have a Federal Student Aid (FSA) ID and password to log in
  • If you have never completed the FAFSA before, you must create a FSA ID and password on the Federal Student Aid website
  • If you forgot your ID or password you can reset either one by going to the Federal Student Aid website
• Have a valid Social Security Number (SSN) or Alien Registration Number (if you are a noncitizen)
• Gather bank statements and records of investments (if applicable) 
• Gather records of untaxed income (if applicable)
• Use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) for both you and your parents only if a 2021 tax return was filed
  • In the finances section of the FAFSA, you will see a Link to IRS button if you are eligible to use the IRS DRT
    • If you are not eligible to use the IRS DRT, please follow Step 3 below
  • Click the Link to IRS button and log in to the IRS to retrieve your tax return information
  • Review your tax return information, and see the tax data that will be transferred into your FAFSA 
  • Check the Transfer My Tax Information in the FAFSA box, and click the Transfer Now button
  • Review your federal tax return information that has been transferred into the data fields on your FAFSA
  • For more information about the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, please visit studentaid.gov website
• If your parents reside outside of the United States, a student must:
  • Select foreign tax return for the type of tax return filed on the FAFSA and use the information on the return to fill out the FAFSA form. Monetary units must be converted to U.S. dollars using published exchange rate as of the date you filed the FAFSA
  • If a tax return is not required to be filed by a particular country, we will accept a signed statement from your parents' employer indicating all income earned in 2021 and a signed statement from your parents indicating all assets in 2021

Due to security reasons, all documents must be sent from the student's Hofstra pride email account or faxed to our office at 516-463-7540. The Zucker School of Medicine is committed to keeping your information secure.

You must submit the Non-Custodial Parent Application only if your parents are divorced, separated, never married, or unmarried and living together. If you are applying for federal student loans ONLY, this application does not need to be submitted.

• A link to the application will be provided in the Office of Student Finance's Welcome email upon enrollment deposit
• Submit a copy of your Non-Custodial parent's 2021 tax return transcript by visiting the IRS website
• If your Non-Custodial parent resides outside the United States:
  •  Submit a copy of your Non-Custodial parent's 2021 foreign tax return and a signed statement of all assets
  • If a tax return is not required to be filed by a particular country, we will accept a signed statement from your Non-Custodial parent's employer indicating all income earned in 2021 and a signed statement from your Non-Custodial parent indicating all assets in 2021. Monetary units must be converted to U.S. dollars using the published exchange rate as of the date you filed the FAFSA.

Due to security reasons, all documents must be sent from the student's Hofstra pride email account or faxed to our office at 516-463-7540. The Zucker School of Medicine is committed to keeping your information secure.

Students & Parents
If you filed a 2021 tax return but are unable to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool when completing the FAFSA application for any of the below reasons, please submit your 2021 Tax Return Transcript by visiting the IRS website.  

• You are married and your filing status is Married Filing Separately
• You are married and your filing status is Head of Household
• You filed a Form 1040X (amended tax return)
• You filed a Puerto Rican or foreign tax return

Due to security reasons, all documents must be sent from the student's Hofstra pride email account or faxed to our office at 516-463-7540. The Zucker School of Medicine is committed to keeping your information secure.