Prospective First-Year and Transfer Students
Hurricane Sandy Update
Application deadline extensions are available to Early Decision financial aid applicants living in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you are an ED1 financial aid applicant experiencing storm-related disruptions that will make it difficult to submit your aid application by our November 10 deadline, please contact the Student Financial Services office at sfs@middlebury.edu or 802.443.5158 to request approval for an extension of the application deadline.
US citizens, US permanent residents, Canadian Citizens
The CSS Profile form for the Class of 2017 is required for all US citizens, US permanent residents, and Canadian citizens. The form will be available beginning October 1, 2012. Middlebury's CSS code is 3526.
If your biological parents are divorced or separated, your non-custodial parent must complete the CSS Non-Custodial Parent Profile.
International applicants
You have the option of completing the CSS International Profile form, or Middlebury's International Aid Application.
If your biological parents are divorced or separated, your non-custodial parent must complete the Non-Custodial Parent Statement for Parents Living Abroad.
We also require statements in English signed by each parent's employer, listing gross income and benefits received between January and December of 2012. All printed documents may be scanned and emailed to our inbox at - sfs@middlebury.edu. ED1 applicants should submit these statements for the period between January and December of 2011.
Deadlines
| Early Decision I | November 10 |
| Spring Transfer | November 15 |
| Early Decision II | January 1 |
| Regular Decision | February 1 |
| Fall Transfer | March 1 |
The Next Step...
If you are admitted and decide to enroll at Middlebury please submit the following by May 1:
Verification
Middlebury verifies the financial aid application of every undergraduate student applying for aid. Verification is required by the federal government and compares the information reported on your FAFSA to the information filed on your federal tax returns.
Your taxable income must be verified by using the FAFSA's IRS Data Retrieval Tool or by comparing it to an IRS tax transcript. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool allows you and your family to upload data from your filed federal tax returns at the time you complete your FAFSA. If you choose not to use it, you must manually enter this income information into your FAFSA and submit an IRS tax transcript to our office. It can take several weeks for the IRS to process transcript requests, which will delay the processing of your financial aid application. We cannot award your financial aid until verification is complete.
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
US citizens and permanent residents must submit the 2013-2014 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). This form will be available January 1, 2013. Middlebury's FAFSA code is 003691. Once you've completed the FAFSA, the federal government will send you a Student Aid Report (SAR). Please check all pages for accuracy.
When utilizing the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (scheduled to be available Feb. 1st), we suggest you delay the filing of your FAFSA for two weeks after electronically filing your federal tax returns. This delay will help to ensure that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool will have the information required to complete your FAFSA. If you file your taxes by paper, we suggest you delay the filing of your FAFSA for 4-6 weeks to ensure that the IRS has access to the proper information.
Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC)
US citizens, US permanent residents and Canadian citizens who file the CSS Profile will receive communication from the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) providing you with instructions on how to submit your 2012 federal tax forms and any other supplemental forms that may be required. Canadian citizens should provide federal and provincial tax forms as well as T-4's.
IDOC Processing Tips
All documents should be submitted to the College Board as one complete packet and must have an IDOC cover sheet. Tax returns and the cover sheet must be signed. All documents should display your IDOC ID number (printed on your cover letter from the College Board). Duplicate cover letters and cover sheets are available from the College Board's Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC) website.
In the case of divorced or separated parents, you may submit your non-custodial parent tax information along with the remainder of your application materials to the College Board. Alternatively, you may forward a copy of the IDOC coversheet to your non-custodial parent to be completed and submitted directly to the College Board along with the non-custodial parent 2012 federal tax forms (including all schedules, attachments and W-2 or 1099 forms).
Confidentiality
The College Board will electronically store your information in a secure environment and the paper copies will not be retained.