Financial Aid
Financial Aid awards are based on need. The size of individual awards are based on the determined need and funds available in the school's financial aid budget. Families receive notice of financial aid awards with their acceptance letters in March. Awards usually cannot be made after that date. Families are asked to re-apply each year, and awards may be adjusted as family circumstances change.
To help us objectively assess what a family is able to contribute to its student(s') education expenses, we use FAST by ISM as a trusted third party. The FAST analysis of a family's "Total Available Income" is a critical component of our financial aid decision. However, it is just a start.
To make our final financial aid award decisions, we use the FAST figures as the baseline for our own additional review, taking into consideration our total financial aid budget, other information we may have collected, our school’s policies and priorities, and the needs of our entire applicant pool. Due to circumstances like these, and others, our school may ask your family to contribute more or less to tuition than what is estimated on the FAST Report.
STEPS TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID:
1. NEW STUDENTS: Have an active admission application (for full-time enrollment) on file with the Admission Office. RETURNING STUDENTS: Be currently enrolled at Monte Vista full-time. NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS: Have and maintain a minimum unweighted cumulative 2.0 GPA, and be in good standing in the school community.
2. Submit your FAST application at: FAST. FAST also requires you to submit your U.S. Federal Tax returns, State of California Tax returns, and all W-2 forms.
3. You need to submit a Monte Vista Financial Aid application, click here.
4, You also need to submit a letter of reference, click here.
Deadline for Financial Aid Applications for 2011-2013 is February 17, 2012.
Deadline to submit tax returns and W-2's to FAST: February 24, 2012.
2012-2013 Financial Aid/Scholarship Handbook
If you have questions about our Financial Assistance program, please contact:
Peter C. Gieseke, Director of Admission and Financial Aid at FinancialAid@mvcs.org.
To help us objectively assess what a family is able to contribute to its student(s') education expenses, we use FAST by ISM as a trusted third party. The FAST analysis of a family's "Total Available Income" is a critical component of our financial aid decision. However, it is just a start.
To make our final financial aid award decisions, we use the FAST figures as the baseline for our own additional review, taking into consideration our total financial aid budget, other information we may have collected, our school’s policies and priorities, and the needs of our entire applicant pool. Due to circumstances like these, and others, our school may ask your family to contribute more or less to tuition than what is estimated on the FAST Report.
STEPS TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID:
1. NEW STUDENTS: Have an active admission application (for full-time enrollment) on file with the Admission Office. RETURNING STUDENTS: Be currently enrolled at Monte Vista full-time. NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS: Have and maintain a minimum unweighted cumulative 2.0 GPA, and be in good standing in the school community.
2. Submit your FAST application at: FAST. FAST also requires you to submit your U.S. Federal Tax returns, State of California Tax returns, and all W-2 forms.
3. You need to submit a Monte Vista Financial Aid application, click here.
4, You also need to submit a letter of reference, click here.
Deadline for Financial Aid Applications for 2011-2013 is February 17, 2012.
Deadline to submit tax returns and W-2's to FAST: February 24, 2012.
2012-2013 Financial Aid/Scholarship Handbook
If you have questions about our Financial Assistance program, please contact:
Peter C. Gieseke, Director of Admission and Financial Aid at FinancialAid@mvcs.org.