Welcome to Student Financial Services

Edmonds Community College believes everyone should have the opportunity to achieve their educational goals regardless of financial circumstances. Financial aid can help students pay for college.

However, students and their families are expected to help pay for college by using earnings, assets, savings, and even by borrowing against future earnings. This information is reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and is used to determine how much students may need to contribute towards their education.  It is important to plan early for the costs needed to go to college. The Student Financial Services Office can help students with the processes connected with applying for and receiving financial aid.

EdMail: Get the Message

The college assigns all students EdMail (email) accounts. Use EdMail to receive important email notices about the college, including enrollment and financial aid information. To activate your account, follow the steps at edcc.edu/edmail.

Financial Aid Portal View your awards or documents online! IMPORTANT NOTES: Your Username for the Portal is your SSN (NOT YOUR SID!)  Your Password is your 6-digit birth date.		Questions? Ask using our NEW Support Request Form.

Processing files for the 2011-12 school year

Current estimated processing dates (as of Dec. 13, 2011):

Files completed by:	Should be processed by: (an estimate only—subject to change)
August 31	December 5
September 15	December 9
September 30	December 16
October 17	January 3

Max Credit Limitation petitions received by:	Should be reviewed by: (an estimate only—subject to change)
November 15	Nov. 30 (if your file was completed by Oct. 17)
Petitions submitted after Nov. 15 (for files completed by Oct. 17), will be reviewed within two weeks.

If you plan to attend school during 2011-12 (summer 2011-spring 2012), go online and complete the FAFSA now!

• See the Financial Aid Quick Start.
• We will continue to upload FAFSA applications twice each week.
• Once your FAFSA is uploaded you will receive an email with an attached letter telling you if other forms or documents are needed to complete your file. Your file cannot be processed until all required forms and documents have been received. We expect to send out the first email letter on March 28, and then twice each week after that.
• Most of our forms can be found on this website. See Forms.
• You can check on the status of your file and view your financial aid awards using the Student Portal.
• Forms and documents can be mailed or faxed to 425.640.1159.

Summer Quarter 2011 deadline is April 15.

If you plan to attend summer, your FAFSA and all required forms and documents must be in our office by April 15 (preferably much sooner). See How to Apply/Deadlines.