Tuition-Free College with Excelsior Scholarship Deadline is July 21

New York is now home to the Nation's first accessible college program - The Excelsior Scholarship.

Under this groundbreaking initiative, the Excelsior Scholarship, in combination with other student-financial aid programs, allows students to attend a SUNY or CUNY college tuition-free.

Recipients of the Excelsior Scholarship may receive up to $5,500 or actual tuition, whichever is less. The maximum Excelsior Scholarship will be reduced by the amount of certain other student financial aid awards which an applicant has or will receive for the academic year including a New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award and/or federal Pell grant.

A recipient of an Excelsior Scholarship is eligible to receive award payments for not more than two years of full-time undergraduate study in a program leading to an associate's degree or four years of full-time undergraduate study, or five years if the program of study normally requires five years in a program leading to a bachelor's degree.

You must live in New York State for the length of time you received the award. Failure to meet these requirements will result in the conversion of your award to a no-interest loan.

WHAT YOU NEED

To complete the application you will need:

• Copies of 2015 New York State income tax return(s) filed by you and your parent(s) or your spouse, as applicable
• Your current unofficial college transcript showing the number of credits you earned each year prior to applying for this program if you have previously attended college.
• Your Student Aid Report (SAR), which you received when you filed your completed FASFA.

Application Deadline: July 21, 2017

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