The financial aid renewal application process for the 2024-2025 academic year is outlined below. Note that we continue to work to refine the application process for our continuing students. Accordingly, some application requirements for returning students have changed.
2024-2025 Financial Aid Applications and Materials are Available Now
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Financial Aid Priority Filing Date
We encourage all families to meet all published financial aid deadlines. If you submit a financial aid document after a published deadline, your financial aid may be delayed and/or reduced. If at all possible, we encourage you to file your application materials well in advance of the deadline dates. This deadline applies to enrolled students and those planning to return from leaves of absence during the 2023-2024 academic year.
2024-2025 Aid Applicants – Continuing Student Priority Filing Date: May 1, 2024
Continuing students who meet the May 1, 2024 priority filing date will receive their 2024-2025 financial aid packages on June 7, 2024
Financial Aid Application Renewal: Application Requirements
To apply for financial aid at 61´«Ã½, complete the steps outlined below. Students interested in only receiving federal and state grant and loan assistance need only complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The CSS Profile is required to be considered for 61´«Ã½ institutional grant assistance.
Complete the
- The 2024-2025 FAFSA is available as a soft launch as of December 31, 2023. This means the form is available intermittently, and you may experience system errors.
- 61´«Ã½ will not receive your completed FAFSA from the Department of Education until February 1, 2024.
- 61´«Ã½ FAFSA School Code: 001174
- Complete this form if you want to apply for federal and state financial aid.
- If you want to be considered for federal or state aid only, you only need to complete this form.
- This form should be completed by US citizens, permanent residents, and other eligible non-citizens only.
- California residents eligible for state aid under the California Dream Act (AB540) should complete the  in lieu of a FAFSA.
- Report income and tax information from the 2022 tax year when you complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA.
- Report asset values as of the day you complete the FAFSA.
- Report family size and number in college based on what will be during the 2024-2025 academic year.
- For students whose parents are divorced or separated, the Custodial Parent on your FAFSA will be the parent who provides you with the most financial support and will no longer be the parent with whom you lived with the most over the past 12 months. For more information check,
- If your parents are divorced and your custodial parent has remarried, be sure to include all stepparent income and asset information.
Complete the
- 61´«Ã½ CSS Profile School Code:4693
- Complete the CSS Profile to apply for 61´«Ã½ need-based financial assistance.
- Students with divorced or separated parents:
- Both parents will complete their own CSS Profile application.
- Each parent will access their CSS Profile with different College Board log-in credentials.
- If your parent(s) have remarried, be sure to include all stepparent income and asset information.
- If you have previously had an appeal approved to waive the noncustodial parent CSS Profile, you do not need to submit an appeal again. Your prior appeal decision will stand for your entire enrollment at Scripps.
- Report your Social Security Number correctly on the CSS Profile to avoid delays in processing.
Read all CSS Profile instructions and view the for more information.
Use the College Board’s to send your family’s federal tax returns and supporting documentation as requested.  To ensure your data privacy, the Office of Financial Aid discourages students and parents from submitting documents with un-redacted Personally Identifiable Information(PII) via fax or email. PII is information that can be used to trace your identity like your social security number and date of birth. Instead, all students and parents should submit required documents to the  The IDOC service is a secure online service which will accept your documents from you and transfer images to the college securely.
- When you complete the CSS Profile, you will receive a notification from the College Board directing you to submit your required documents to the  online service.
- You must submit the following to the Ìý²õ±ð°ù±¹¾±³¦±ð:
- Signed Copies of Parent(s) 2022 Federal Tax Returns including all tax schedules, W-2 and 1099 forms.
- Non-Tax filers must include all W-2 forms and the 2024-2025 Parent Non-Tax Filer Statement
- Signed Copies of Student 2022 Federal Tax Return including all tax schedules, W-2 and 1099 forms.
- Non-Tax filers must include all W-2 forms and the 2024-2025 Student Non-Tax Filer Statement
- 2024-2025 Verification Worksheet – Signed by both the parent and the student
- Signed Copies of Parent(s) 2022 Federal Tax Returns including all tax schedules, W-2 and 1099 forms.
- All parent business owners or partners are asked to submit:
- Schedule 1, Schedule C and/or Schedule E of their 2022 Federal Tax Returns along with K-1 schedule(s) for each corporation or partnership.
- Non-Tax Filer Statements and Verification Worksheets will be available online in your IDOC Dashboard.
Be sure to monitor the  website and your  portal to ensure all of your required documents have been received and processed.
- Documents submitted to the  may take up to 5 business days to be processed and appear in your Ìý±è´Ç°ù³Ù²¹±ô.
- After you submit your financial aid application, you may find that additional documentation is required based on the information you provided. Depending on how you answer specific questions in the FAFSA and CSS Profile, your requested documents will change.
Check your aid application status, and accept your awards in portal.
Submit the if applicable. The 61´«Ã½Grant Recipient Form is now available for 2024-2025.
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California Dream Act Applicants Deadline April 2, 2024
According to the State of California, students may apply for financial aid through the (AB 540) if they meet ALL of the following criteria: 1) have attended a California high school for at least three years or graduated early from a California high school with the equivalent of three or more years of credit; 2) have graduated from a California high school or have passed the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE), or have obtained a Certificate of General Education Development (GED); and, 3) will register or enroll in an accredited and qualifying California college or university.
61´«Ã½ will fund these students with institutional funds to meet their demonstrated financial need. Federal Student Loans and Federal Work-Study employment are not available to these students. These students must also complete by April 2, 2024, and the form and provide supporting documentation by May 1, 2024.