Financial aid information
Have you returned your award letter from financial aid yet accepting your aid for 2008-09? If not, please sign your award letter, retain a copy for your file, and return the original to the financial aid office at Lyon College.
If you haven't filed your FAFSA for 2008-09, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov and complete it. You and a parent will also need a pin number to electronically sign the FAFSA. The pin can be obtained at www.pin.ed.gov website.
Questions? Contact the financial aid office at 870-307-7257 or 7256.
Determining eligibility for federal programs
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Any students applying for Arkansas funded scholarships need to go to www.arkansashighered.com to apply. The Arkansas Academic Challenge application as well as the Governor's Scholarship are both located at this website as well as the new GO Grant. You must file a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Assistance) to qualify for these scholarships.• Have you filed your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Assistance) yet? In order to qualify for any federal grants or loans, you must file a FAFSA with you and your parents 2007 income tax information. Most grant money is based on a "first come- first serve" basis and the FAFSA must be filed to qualify. The FAFSA application is located at
www.fafsa.ed.gov .• You must also acquire a PIN (Personal Identification Number) for you and your parent to electronically sign the FAFSA. This is now available in real time and the link to obtain these is
www.pin.ed.gov . You can get your PIN numbers instantly to electronically sign your FAFSA; however if there are corrections to be made, the PIN numbers are not active for a few days until your Social Security number and date of birth are verified by the Department of Education.• An excellent website for scholarship search is:
www.arkansasscholarshipconnection.org