{"id":1556,"date":"2021-07-14T13:11:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T17:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/?page_id=1556"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:28:37","slug":"forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Forms and Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Financial Aid Award Information and Instructions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/07\/self-service-instructions-non-year-specific-1.pdf\">HOW TO RESPOND TO YOUR FINANCIAL AID OFFER<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/02\/Federal-Direct-Student-Loan-Information-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Direct Loan Information Sheet<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/07\/Conditions-of-Awards.pdf\">Conditions of Awards<\/a>&nbsp;<br>**********************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/02\/IRS-Instructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Requesting an IRS Tax Return Transcript<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/registrar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2023\/08\/Student-FERPA-Release.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FERPA Release<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Verification<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fall 2026 &#8211; Spring 2027<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fall <strong>2025- Spring 202<\/strong>6<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027-Dependent-Verification-Worksheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026-2027 Dependent Verification Worksheet<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/12\/2025-2026_Dependent_Verification_Worksheet1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 Dependent Verification Worksheet<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027-Independent_Verification_Worksheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026-2027 Independent Verification Worksheet<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/2024-2025-Independent_Verification_Worksheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/12\/2025-2026_Independent_Verification_Worksheet1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Independent Verification Worksheet<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027-Unusual_Enrollment_History_-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026-2027 Unusual Enrollment History Form<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/12\/2025-2026_Unusual_Enrollment_History__Form1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 Unusual Enrollment History Form<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027-Identity-and-Statement-of-Educational-Purpose_REVISED-2-Updated-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026-2027 Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/06\/2025-2026-Identity-and-Statement-of-Educational-Purpose_REVISED.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 Identity and Statement of Educational Purpose<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>***Please ensure that you are selecting the form for the requested aid year.***<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Federal Loan Requests &amp; Instructions<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Loan-Adjustment-Form.pdf\">Federal Direct Loan Adjustment Request&nbsp;Form<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Candidate for Graduation Loan Adjustment Form Addendum {Deadline: November 20, 2025}<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Graduate PLUS loan application&nbsp;(Application available on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/studentaid.gov\/\"><strong>StudentAid.gov<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for Graduate students ONLY)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/12\/Electronic-MPN-AND-Online-EC-Instructions-Revised-2015.pdf\">Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note Instructions<\/a>&nbsp;(for first-time student borrowers at UMES)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/12\/Exit-Counseling-Online.pdf\">Exit Counseling Instructions<\/a>&nbsp;(for UMES student borrowers&nbsp;separating&nbsp;or graduating from the university)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Exception Processing Request Forms<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Form Type<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Aid Year<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/12\/2025_2026_Unaccompanied-Homeless-Youth-Verification-Form1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Verification Form<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fall 2025 &#8211; Spring 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026_2027_Unaccompanied-Homeless-Youth-Verification-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026-2027 Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Verification Form<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fall 2026 &#8211; Spring 2027<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/12\/2025-2026_Appeal-for-Special-Circumstances1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-2026 Appeal for Special Circumstances<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fall 2025 &#8211; Spring 202<\/strong>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027_Appeal-for-Special-Circumstances.pdf\">2026-2027 Appeal for Special Circumstances<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Fall 2026 &#8211; Spring 2027<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/Unusual-Circumstances-dependency-Override.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unusual Circumstances &#8211; Request for Dependency Override<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Any<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/2026-2027_Unsub-Only-Request-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unsubsidized Loan Only Request Form<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Any<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2021\/08\/Cancellation_form.pdf\">Financial Aid Cancellation Form<\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Any<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Satisfactory Academic Progress<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Form<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Deadline<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/05\/Summer-2026-SAP-Appeal-Form.pdf\"><strong>Summer 2026 SAP Appea<\/strong>l <strong>Form<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Thursday, June 18th, 2026 at 4:00PM<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/financialaid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/05\/Fall-2026-SAP-Appeal-Form.pdf\">Fall 2026 SAP Appeal Form<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Friday, August 21st, 2026 at 4:00PM<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To view the forms, download<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/get.adobe.com\/reader\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Adobe Acrobat Reader<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Aid Award Information and Instructions HOW TO RESPOND TO YOUR FINANCIAL AID OFFERFederal Direct Loan Information SheetConditions of Awards&nbsp;********************************************** Requesting an IRS Tax Return TranscriptFERPA Release Verification Fall 2026 &#8211; 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