Downloadable Forms
2024-25
2023-24
General Information
Almost all Elon undergraduate students for the 2020-21 academic year are Dependent Students for the purposes of the FAFSA, and the Verification Worksheets will be completed as a Dependent Student.聽 To be considered an Independent Student, you must be able to answer yes to at least one of the following questions:
- Were you born before January 1, 1997?
- Will you be working toward a master鈥檚 or doctorate degree (such as M.A., M.B.A., M.D., J.D., Ph.D., Ed.D., etc.)?
- Are you married or separated but not divorced?
- Do you have children who receive more than half of their support from you?
- Do you have dependents (other than children or a spouse) who live with you and receive more than half of their support from you?
- At any time since you turned age 13, were both of your parents deceased, were you in foster care, or were you a ward or dependent of the court?
- Are you an emancipated minor or are you in a legal guardianship as determined by a court?
- Are you an unaccompanied youth who is homeless or self-supporting and at risk of being homeless?
- Are you currently serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces for purposes other than training?
- Are you a veteran of the U.S. armed forces?